Paper hanging 47 - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design accompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number Forty Seven. Border for number forty six. Composed of a band ornamented with stars and rosettes, surmounted by three palms united by a garland of olive leaves forming an arch--beneath two swans, and a Grecian lyre in the centre. The whole imitating gilded bronze. Messrs. Virchaux and Co. intend to execute this design of their own invention on every different ground with correspondent colours, at their manufactory of Paper Hangings."
"No. 728. Title page of "Paper Hanging 47." Deposited 31st March 1815 by Virchaux & Co. as props." penned on back.

Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.