Ceiling paper with a moons and stars pattern, produced 1890–1910 and used in the sitting room of The Retreat, 53 Leichhardt Street, Glebe (built 1856). Gift to the Caroline Simpson Collection from Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners, 1992 (https://vernon.mhnsw.au/objects/20647/ceiling-paper)
Garden edging tile c.1900, one of three from St Scholastica’s College donated to the Caroline Simpson Collection in 2004. The design is similar to tiles made by Goodlet & Smith and Lithgow Pottery (https://vernon.mhnsw.au/objects/43450/garden-edging-tiletile)
Wallpaper fragment from about 1920, used in an 1850s Glebe house and donated to the Caroline Simpson Collection in 1996 (https://vernon.mhnsw.au/objects/28587/wallpaper)
Felt floor covering from the 1940s–60s, used in a Glebe home and donated in 1991 by James Broadbent to the Caroline Simpson Collection (https://vernon.mhnsw.au/objects/20103/felt-floor-covering)
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