Wallpaper

1880–1900

Two matching fragments of wallpaper from Bath, Maine. Pattern features motifs and naturalistic style of Japanese art popular with Aesthetic Movement designers. Cranes in flying and standing poses among a variety of flowering plants with a large tree branch or vine meandering back and forth across the design. Appears to have been block-printed in dark blue, pale pink or peach, two greens, gray and metallic copper on light blue ground.