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<p>[QUOTE="LilyS, post: 409790, member: 4402"]Hello. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dating silver, star patterned wallpaper</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm afraid I don't have a photo, but I'm hoping someone might know something about historic home decor fashions for wallpaper. My mum says she remembers the former master bedroom in her great-aunts' house (the room would have belonged to their own mother, who died in 1927). She says: </p><p><br /></p><p>"Many of the walls, and some of the ceilings, were papered, but they had all been done many, many decades ago. To be honest, The only one I can remember clearly is the ceiling in the bedroom that my father and step-mother stayed in. It was covered in a very faded pattern of silver stars. I remember it partly because star was Eric's first word - produced as he gazed up at the ceiling."</p><p><br /></p><p>To me this is a lovely memory/window into the past. The house, in Devon, England, had been in the family since the mid 1830s when my 3rd great-grandfather built it. My 2nd great-grandmother (with her 6 unmarried daughters) didn't take up residence until the early 1890s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'd really love to get a date for this distinctive wallpapering[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LilyS, post: 409790, member: 4402"]Hello. Dating silver, star patterned wallpaper I'm afraid I don't have a photo, but I'm hoping someone might know something about historic home decor fashions for wallpaper. My mum says she remembers the former master bedroom in her great-aunts' house (the room would have belonged to their own mother, who died in 1927). She says: "Many of the walls, and some of the ceilings, were papered, but they had all been done many, many decades ago. To be honest, The only one I can remember clearly is the ceiling in the bedroom that my father and step-mother stayed in. It was covered in a very faded pattern of silver stars. I remember it partly because star was Eric's first word - produced as he gazed up at the ceiling." To me this is a lovely memory/window into the past. The house, in Devon, England, had been in the family since the mid 1830s when my 3rd great-grandfather built it. My 2nd great-grandmother (with her 6 unmarried daughters) didn't take up residence until the early 1890s. I'd really love to get a date for this distinctive wallpapering[/QUOTE]
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