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Design 705

Wallpaper
1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of 'Design 705' wallpaper, a design of geometric diamonds, triangles and crowns in a regular pattern in various shades and hues of beige, cream and pale brown; Colour screen print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign 705 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of 'Design 705' wallpaper, a design of geometric diamonds, triangles and crowns in a regular pattern in various shades and hues of beige, cream and pale brown; Colour screen print, on paper; One of the 'Taliesin Line' range; Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; Produced by F. Schumacher & Co., New York; America; 1956.
Physical description
Portion of 'Design 705' wallpaper, a design of geometric diamonds, triangles and crowns in a regular pattern in various shades and hues of beige, cream and pale brown; Colour screen print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.7cm
  • Width: 54.6cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by F. Schumacher & Co.
Production
This design was also produced by Schumacher as a textile, 1960.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Other number
C.20652 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
E.581-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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