TITLE

Illusions of grandeur

PUB. DATE

November 1997

SOURCE

Architectural Digest;Nov97, Vol. 54 Issue 11, p298

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Describes some of the wallpapers available from Ornamenta, the English maker of trompe l'oeil wall decorations. Patterns including Lysander's Adamesque collection of motifs that can be combined to make borders and ribbons, Beaufort's twisted ropes and tassels, and Gothick's arches and rosettes; Other patterns; Contact point.

ACCESSION #

9710131676

Tags: INTERIOR decoration -- Equipment & supplies;  WALLPAPER;  DESIGN

 

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