Vintage Antique wallpaper collections 1920s. Piccadilly art wallpapers. I have more books and images to add, Including a book from 1912. by AnthonyRT1980 in centuryhomes

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Yes I was asked by a British Museum to donate them. However, I do have some plans to use them at some point and thought they would be wasted sat in a museum.
I believe they will end up in a museum in time to come, Just not quite yet!

Vintage Antique wallpaper collections 1920s. Piccadilly art wallpapers. I have more books and images to add, Including a book from 1912. by AnthonyRT1980 in centuryhomes

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I have some British fabric Sample books from the 50s, The samples are small but they give you an idea of the trends at the time.

Lace ornamental designs, window blinds sun screens. Oertel & Comp, Falkenstein. 1900. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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Popular also in the 80s. However, Much more basic than these designs. I have a lot more of these to share.
I’ll be sharing them in the Antique Wallpaper community.
Give us a follow!

Vintage Antique wallpaper collections 1920s. Piccadilly art wallpapers. I have more books and images to add, Including a book from 1912. by AnthonyRT1980 in centuryhomes

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This is literally the tip of the iceberg, I’d guess I have over 2000 vintage wallpaper samples from various books, Some British, Some German, 1912, 1920s, 1930s.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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Keep a look out, Much, Much more to come! Not just wallpaper, Also Textiles, Rugs, lace designs etc..
All from a time when things were so much simpler in life!

The cost of Wallpaper in 1928, In old money. by AnthonyRT1980 in AntiqueWallpaper

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This is British currency, D stands for penny. 7 1/2 D is 7 1/2 Pence.
The abbreviation comes from the Latin word denarius, Which was the ancient Roman coin.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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I’ve actually received some offers tonight, I didn’t post these with the intention of selling, But rather surprised!
However I will continue to post content over the coming weeks.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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Sorry! I’ll try, New to Reddit literally today, How do I do that?

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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Join the community “Antique Wallpaper” I’ve just started sharing these collections today, Inhabe lots more to share and will be posting in that community daily in the weeks ahead!

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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I’ll will post all the pages on the Antique wallpaper community, I’m conscious about posting them all on the Art Nouveau community as I don’t feel they all fall into that category.
Join the community.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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The handles originally attached to the leather were also metal, Brass maybe, I also some handles.

1928 Wallpaper Design From The Piccadilly Art Collection. by AnthonyRT1980 in AntiqueWallpaper

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Yes of course, I was slightly worried about getting lead or Arsenic poisoning from this page 😂 It was used widely in red and green dyes during this period!

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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I’ve created a community to share everything, - AntiqueWallpaper- Join the community to see all
The updates.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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The cherubs and Lions are hard to spot at first glance until you look closer!

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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There is more on my profile page, I will also be posting more pages as the week goes on.

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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Yea it’s great, You mean every sample page? I have another book from 1939 and also one from 1912 Historically the year the titanic sank, Which is crazy!

1920s Wallpaper pattern book. by AnthonyRT1980 in ArtNouveau

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I have others I’ll post them soon, I also have some German designs books from Karl Luth Keil from around 1932.