Author: [FRENCH TRADE CATALOGUE WALLPAPER].
Title: A large album of French decorative wallpaper designs from P.O. & Cie. Paris 1925.
Description: . Oblong folio. (47.5 x 30 cm). Contains 436 design plates with coloured wallpaper samples. Preceded by price lists on two leaves (one on front paste-down) and two loose folios. Bound in original cloth, lettered "P.O & Cie Paris 1925" on the upper cover, lightly rubbed, cotton ties. A huge, well-preserved collection of various wallpaper samples offered by a French company at a time when wallpapers were very fashionable in decoration. Printed on different kinds of paper, some with metallic elements. Contains many traditional French elaborate designs with floral motifs, damask patterns and several inspired by wood and tile. Others are more contemporary with "modern style" patterns. These are in the Art Deco style with geometric forms, intense colours and stylised decorations. Many plates have matching wallpaper borders attached. Small samples cut from four plates and a few plates with minor tears otherwise in excellent condition. An impressive collection in tune with the style and taste of the time. 

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