1959-1977 was the date range for the manufacture of the sample books although they have continued to be used up into the 1990s.

Wallpaper sample book, one of 12, 'Collection 2', paper/ cloth/ metal, Florence Broadhurst Wallpapers Pty Ltd, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1969-1977

Wallpaper sample book, cloth bound with a green cover, containing 170 wallpaper samples. The front cover has the following text in grey, 'Florence Broadhurst Hand Printed Collection 2'. The reverse of each sample has a stamped page number and handwritten title. The samples are bound with four metal fasteners at the spine.

The following wallpaper samples are included:

Grid pattern, '21007 / Ceiling Squares'
Grid pattern, '21008 / Ceiling Squares'
Foliate column, red on red, '2 1009 / Nero Stripe'
Foliate column, orange on orange and gold column '2 1010 / Nero Stripe / Over Smudge Texture'
Stripes, orange on orange and silver column '2 1011 / Over Twill'
Stripes, mustard on bronze '2 1012 / Broken Stripe'
Stripes, pale orange on light ornage and white smudge, '2 1013 / Broken Stripe / Over Smudge'
Stripes, grey on pale grey and white cloud textureon, '2 1014 / Broken Stripe / Over Cloud Texture'
Tapestry 3, bronze floral on pale greys cloud textures, '2 1015 / Tapestry 3 / Over Cloud Texture'
Tapestry 3, gren grey bronze, '2 1016 / Tapestry 3 '
Tapestry 3, bronze on lime and pale green, '2 1017 / Tapestry 3 '
Tapestry 3, bronze on greens, '2 1018 / Tapestry 3 / Cloud Texture '
Tapestry 3, gold on blue and green, '2 1019 / Tapestry 1 '
Tapestry 1, bronze on greens, '2 1020 / Tapestry 1 '
Tapestry 1, gold on marone and red, '2 1021 / Tapestry 1 '
Discontinued design, bronze , '2 1022 '
Discontinued design, linear floral design over grey and peach background, '21023 '
Discontinued Design, grey linear floral on pink background, '21024' (upper right corner piece missing)
Tapestry 1, white on silver and grey background, '2 1025 / Tapestry 1 '
Tapestry 2, white on bronze and cream background, '2 1026 / Tapestry 2 '
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, white on pearl, '2-1027 / Floral Aztec'
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, bronze on white, '2-1028 / Bronze on White'
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, white on lime green, '2-1029 / Floral Aztec'
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, copper on blue, '2-1030 / Floral Aztec' (upper right corner piece missing)
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, white on dark blue, '2-1031 / Floral Aztec'
Floral Aztec, horizontal stripes floral motifs, mustrad on bronze, '2 1031-5/ Floral Aztec'
Discontinued Design,white on pearl , '2 1032 '
Discontinued Design, blue-green paisley , '2 1033 '
Discontinued Design, lime green paisley , '2 1034 '
Discontinued Design, re and gold on marone , '2 1035 '
Large Paisley, multi-colour, blue, green, rust, beige, '2 1036 / Large Paisley'
Large Paisley, multi-colour, blue, pink, pyrple, rust on silver '2 1037 / Large Paisley'
Discontinued Design, black on silver, circles and squares grid, '2 1038 '
Discontinued Design, gren and hot pink on white, circles and squares grid, '2 1039 '
French Fountain, gren, lilac on silver, '2 1040 / French Fountain'
Discontinued Design, overlaping circkes in light and dark green, '2 1041 '
Emerald green bamboo on gold background, '2 1042 / Bamboo Hawaii '
Vertical dark green Brocade with horizontal green on light green ground, '2 1043 / Brocade Stripe'
Light green tile design on gold ground, '2 1044 / Grecian tile '
Gold tile on orange ground, '2 1045 / Grecian tile '
Pale brown and bronze patterns on gold ground, '2 1046 / 181V Hawaiian '
Black crocodile impression on gold ground, '2 1047 / Crocodile '
Pale orange ornamental pattern on gold and bronze ground, '2 1048 / Period Square '
Bronze ornamental design on gold and bronze ground, ' 2 1049 / Period Square '
Yellow Paisley design on bronze ground, '2 1050 / Spanish Scroll '
Discontinued Design, pale green floral design on yellow ground, ' 2 1051 '
Gold floral ornamental design on yellow ground, ' 2 1052 / Mitzpah'
Gold floral ornamental design on red ground, '21053 / Mitzpah'
Blue floral ornamental design on light blue ground, '21054 / Mitzpah'
Bronze ornamental design on torquoise ground, '21055, Discontinued! '
Lime green ornamental design on textured bronze ground, '21056 / Spanish tile/ Discontinued!'
Orange ornamental design on textured copper and bronze ground, '2 1057 / Spanish tile/ Discontinued!'
Silver ornamental design on pale yellow textured ground, '2 1058 / Spanish tile/ Discontinued!'
Gold ornamental design on silver and white textured ground, '2 1059 / Large Spanish'
Gold ornamental design on copper and bronze textured ground, '2 1060 / Large Spanish'
Blue ornamental design on gold textured ground, '2 1061 / Large Spanish'
Gold ornamental design on bronze and torquoise ground, '2 1062 / Large Spanish'
Bronze ornamental design on copper and gold ground, '2 1063 / Large Spanish'
Bronze ornamental design on copper and gold ground, '2 1064 / Discontinued!'
Copper and bronze textured design on gold ground, '2 1065 / Double Texture 4'
Green and gold textured design on gold ground, '2 1066 / Twill Texture'
Organic design in bronze and silver on copper ground, '2 1067'
Brown on white design, '2 1068 / Spanish Plate' (mould on bottom of paper)
Yellow and red on gold, design '2 1069 / Spanish Plate'
Blue and red on white design, '2 1070 / Spanish Plate' (mould on bottom of paper)
Black and red on gold design, '2 1071 / Spanish Plate' (mould on bottom of paper)
Black on white design, '2 1071-5 / Spanish Plate' (mould on bottom of paper)
Olive green on white design, '2 1072 / Small Spanish' (mould on bottom of paper)
Red on orange ornamental floral leaf design, '2 1073 / Florentine' (mould on bottom of paper)
Gold on lime green floral leaf design, '2 1074 / Florentine' (mould on bottom of paper)
Silver on white floral leaf design, '2 1075 / Florentine' (mould on bottom of paper)
Pale silver on white floral leaf design, '2 1076 / Florentine' (mould on bottom of paper)
Blue flowers with gold leaves design, '2 1077 / Discontinued!!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral Pussy Willow design in green and apricot on silver lattice design on cream ground, '2 1078 / Pussy Willow over 1" latice' (mould on bottom of paper)
Pink and green on white ground, '2 1079 / Pussy Willow' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in pink, orange and green on white ground, '2 1080 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in pink and gold on white ground, '2 1081 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in oranges and silver on white ground, '2 1082 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in mauve, green and torquoise on yellow ground, '2 1083 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in orange, yellow and green on white ground, '2 1084 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in orange, magenta and oranges on white ground, '2-1085 / Discontinued!' (mould on bottom of paper)
Floral design in orange and magenta on gold ground, '2-1086' (mould on bottom of paper)
Black on gold linear design, '2-1087' (mould on bottom of paper)
Bronze on off white ground design, '2-1088 / Spanish Cane (Mould on bottom of paper)
Gold design on blue and green textured ground, '2-1089 / Spanish Cane (Mould on bottom of paper)
Silver on green and dark blue Gold design on blue and green textured ground, '2-1089 / Spanish Cane (Mould on bottom of paper)Gold design on blue and green textured ground, '2-1089 / Spanish Cane (Mould on bottom of paper)
Gold design on blue and green textured ground, '2-1090 / Spanish Cane (Mould on bottom of paper)
etc

Condition: water damaged along bottom edge, mold encroaching into book and onto wallpaper samples.

Made: 1959 - 1977

Inscription printed on front cover in faded grey text, "Florence Broadhurst / HAND PRINTED / COLLECTION" and handwritten in black ink "2".
Inscription on top and base of spine, handwritten in black ink, "2".

97/322/1-2

1959 - 1977

735 mm

575 mm