Three panels of wallpaper with grisaille "trompe l'oeil" drapery falling from a floral swagged pelmet with gilt tasselled fringe and embellishment, the drapery swagged over a gilt cord with a floral arrangement towards the bottom, against a purple ground--22¼in. (27cm.) wide, the third panel with three uncut repeats, the ground of one repeat partially unfinished, early 19th century, French

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Three panels of wallpaper with grisaille "trompe l'oeil" drapery falling from a floral swagged pelmet with gilt tasselled fringe and embellishment, the drapery swagged over a gilt cord with a floral arrangement towards the bottom, against a purple ground--22¼in. (27cm.) wide, the third panel with three uncut repeats, the ground of one repeat partially unfinished, early 19th century, French
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Illusionary wallpaper imitating drapery emerged at the end of the 18th century and was popular until the 1830s. "Trompe l'oeil" panels imitating silk, velvet and satin pleated in vertical folds, with tie backs and pelmets were used to decorate rooms with great ingenuity.

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