is reminiscent of the silks woven in Spitalfields

but in fact some of the flowers on the original were hand-painted onto the pre-printed vines that form part of a decorative border

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here in the Verditer version

The simple teak bowl has a beautiful wavy edge

LITTLE GREENE Tapete - Bamboo Floral - Mischief Flasche is reminiscent of the silksThe design of the Bamboo Floral wallpaper is based on small painted sections of Chinese wallpaper found on the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset. Imported Chinese wallpaper was extremely popular in stately homes in the 19th century, and upholsterers cut out individual elements and placed them side by side on panels to give the wallpaper a panoramic appearance. It is quite possible that the fragments found were left over from this process. Transformed