byhand. Time has changedthe color to the soft yellow brown ol an oldengraving. The designs are evidently the workof a European artist, but the rice paper and handfinishing stamp it as being a Chinese production.Those who could not afford to import wallpapers, painted their walls, either in…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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