1925 Ad F C Davidge Okame Wallpaper Japan Home Decor Samurai Weaver Toronto HB3 XGID3 the secretive worker in Gulf's

the secretive worker in Gulf's first grease plant

Please note that there is some speckling throughout this ad

This is an original 1912 color print of "Islands in Rio Harbour

This is an original 1881 halftone print of The Water-Carrier of Seville by Diego Velazquez

The tower in the background is the iconic Lange Jan (Tall John)

1925 Ad F C Davidge Okame Wallpaper Japan Home Decor Samurai Weaver Toronto HB3 XGID3 the secretive worker in Gulf'sThis is an original 1925 black and white print ad for grasscloth wallpaper from F. C. Davidge & Company of 28 Wellington Street West of Toronto, Canada. The caption writes, "Some eight hundred years ago when the Daimyo returned from his yearly visit to the Tokogawa Shogunate, he would bring with him, as his most valued gift, lengths of cloth woven from the Honeysuckle vine, which grows wild on the hillsides of Japan. This cloth was used by the Samurai