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19th-century wallpaper gallery
![Floral chintz pattern wallpaper, roller printed, c. 1860-70](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_885c12b0bccd4b80844463f85828ecb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_155,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_885c12b0bccd4b80844463f85828ecb3~mv2.jpg)
Floral chintz pattern wallpaper, roller printed, c. 1860-70
E.1817-1934, ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
![‘Pimpernel’ blockprinted wallpaper, William Morris, Arthur Sanderson and Sons, c.1860](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_71f2f29f8edd407fb86961dafc51ec63~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_180,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_71f2f29f8edd407fb86961dafc51ec63~mv2.jpg)
‘Pimpernel’ blockprinted wallpaper, William Morris, Arthur Sanderson and Sons, c.1860
W.1967.81, ©The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
![Detail of Gothick-patterned wallpaper](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_f70fa35ecba54d4db90629d77fb695b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_211,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_f70fa35ecba54d4db90629d77fb695b3~mv2.jpg)
Detail of Gothick-patterned wallpaper
c..1830s, Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire.©National Trust Images
![Trompe L’oeil drapery wallpaper, handblock print and flock, Dufour et Cie, 1825-26](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_36003d1941524364ae9ece902e68b7b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_137,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_36003d1941524364ae9ece902e68b7b8~mv2.jpg)
Trompe L’oeil drapery wallpaper, handblock print and flock, Dufour et Cie, 1825-26
W.1998.7, ©The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
![‘The Robin Hood’ wallpaper freize, possibly designed by Harry Napper, 1893-94](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_2554d23ee51b43d3a16087a629a1cd27~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_100,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_2554d23ee51b43d3a16087a629a1cd27~mv2.jpg)
‘The Robin Hood’ wallpaper freize, possibly designed by Harry Napper, 1893-94
SW652 © Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University
![Embossed ‘Cordelova’ wallpaper, Dunster Castle, Somerset. Late 19th C](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_36b4b3efa04d421abf9456814fefad2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_184,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_36b4b3efa04d421abf9456814fefad2a~mv2.jpg)
Embossed ‘Cordelova’ wallpaper, Dunster Castle, Somerset. Late 19th C
©National Trust Images/Andreas von Einsiedel
![‘Sanitary’ print wallpaper, late 19th C.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_4fdc30b8b14646f8bfbbadbbfdbc1abd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_113,h_79,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_4fdc30b8b14646f8bfbbadbbfdbc1abd~mv2.jpg)
‘Sanitary’ print wallpaper, late 19th C.
W.1979.7, ©The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
![JAH green wallpaper](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56cf39_c746613813c54d0497d0303dbc00f1da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/56cf39_c746613813c54d0497d0303dbc00f1da~mv2.jpg)
JAH green wallpaper
Fragment of historic wallpaper, found in the Dining Room at Jane Austen’s House, Chawton. Image ©Jane Austen’s House
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