wallpaper for Tree-Top Hotel, Kenya

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Artist/Maker	Leyland Paint (Kenya) Ltd. (manufacturer) Brown, John R. (designer)
Place of origin	Kenya (manufactured)

This wallpaper was designed specifically for the re-decoration of the foyer of the Tree-Top Hotel in Kenya. The designer, John R. Brown, has explained that the clients wanted something distinctive and appropriate to the setting, so the design was based on Kenyan arts and crafts, and incorporates motifs derived from the Kikuya and Masai tribes such as face masks, stylised antelopes, beadwork and cowry shell patterns.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Black History
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	wallpaper for Tree-Top Hotel, Kenya
Materials and techniques	Silkscreen on vinyl matte paper
Brief description	Wallpaper designed by John R. Brown for the Tree-Top Hotel, Kenya, 1976
Physical description	Sample of wallpaper
Dimensions	Approx. length: 85cm Width: 55cm
Credit line	Given by the designer
Subjects depicted	Masks Antelope Cowrie Shell Beadwork Shield
Summary	This wallpaper was designed specifically for the re-decoration of the foyer of the Tree-Top Hotel in Kenya. The designer, John R. Brown, has explained that the clients wanted something distinctive and appropriate to the setting, so the design was based on Kenyan arts and crafts, and incorporates motifs derived from the Kikuya and Masai tribes such as face masks, stylised antelopes, beadwork and cowry shell patterns.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3176-2004

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Record created	July 6, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101295/wallpaper-for-tree-top-hotel-wallpaper-brown-john-r/

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