Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Empire Acanthus Leaf Roundel
11766
Rare woodblock with complete repeat. Of interest to wallpaper collectors or as a conversation piece in the home as a decorative carved wallhanging.
A rare, large 19th Century French wallpaper printing block. Carved with a complete repeat of an Empire acanthus leaf roundel with two circles of acanthus leaves, with central, upper and lower flowerhead motifs and elaborate acanthus leaf cresting. Stylised acanthus leaf decoration in the corners. Made from two planks of oak. 264 Measures: length 50cm, 19 1/2 height 56cm, 22" depth 5cm, 2"
19th Century
circa 1820
Oak
France
Designers
Empire (Of the period)
GOOD. Wear consistent with age and use.
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