Mixed media, Wallpaper samples from Charmandene Guest house

Historical information

Title of property shows the property was owned by Emily Henty in 1894. " Charman Dene" was Alfred Herbert and Edith Blanche Holdsworth’s holiday house. The property was sold following Alfred Herbert’s death in 1929. Mrs Champion later owned the property. Charmandene Guest House was located on the beach front along Lover's Walk. It was relocated in the 1980s to Osborne Road in Cowes , where it still stands.

Significance

Historical

Physical description

Two sheets of photos of original wallpaper and a sample of coloured floral wallpaper, "crab apple"

Inscriptions & markings

Wall paper fragments 1-4, layer 1 - cabbage rose, layer 2 - crab apple print number, layer 2- crab apple border, layer 2 - crab apple wall,

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