Illustration from 'The Building News', showing 'Rose Paper' wall decoration
Designed by Walter Crane
Produced by Jeffrey & Co.
March 1879
Museum no. 29502F-38

This design (also known as 'Briar Rose') is a reworking of Crane's nursery paper, 'Sleeping Beauty', without the figures. This illustration makes the point that a good filling paper was designed with an unassertive 'all-over' pattern, as a suitable background to pictures.