is reminiscent of the silks woven in Spitalfields

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while the four colorways include a homage to the original

but later became popular as a background in a variety of larger overprint designs

LITTLE GREENE Tapete - Bamboo Floral - Mischief Flasche is reminiscent of the silksThe design of the Bamboo Floral wallpaper is based on small painted sections of Chinese wallpaper found on the Kingston Lacy estate in Dorset. Imported Chinese wallpaper was extremely popular in stately homes in the 19th century, and upholsterers cut out individual elements and placed them side by side on panels to give the wallpaper a panoramic appearance. It is quite possible that the fragments found were left over from this process. Transformed