Cut Paper Design
ca. 1835 (made)
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Object Type
This album contains 58 examples of cut paper work, a popular pastime from the late 17th century, requiring time, skill and patience in the use of small scissors, knives and even pins. The art was practised by the most modest of people up to the grandest in the country, including Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Many amateurs created often quite elaborate albums in which to keep their work. The designs in this album are quite simply and roughly done, and probably are the work of a child or a beginner.
Ownership & Use
The album's 58 cut paper designs include subjects ranging from baskets of fruit and flowers, rabbits, dogs and birds, to more complicated scenes of deer hunting, a woman in a rocking chair and a man on a desert island with a dog and gun. Although the designs are crude, they have been carefully sewn together to form an album of sorts, possibly as a gift. This group demonstrates the amount of time, labour and application that could be lavished on such leisure pursuits.
Paper
These designs have been cut in white paper and stuck onto shiny black paper. The album dates from about 1835, by which date such paper would have been commercially available. Earlier artists had had to blacken paper with soot or ink.
This album contains 58 examples of cut paper work, a popular pastime from the late 17th century, requiring time, skill and patience in the use of small scissors, knives and even pins. The art was practised by the most modest of people up to the grandest in the country, including Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Many amateurs created often quite elaborate albums in which to keep their work. The designs in this album are quite simply and roughly done, and probably are the work of a child or a beginner.
Ownership & Use
The album's 58 cut paper designs include subjects ranging from baskets of fruit and flowers, rabbits, dogs and birds, to more complicated scenes of deer hunting, a woman in a rocking chair and a man on a desert island with a dog and gun. Although the designs are crude, they have been carefully sewn together to form an album of sorts, possibly as a gift. This group demonstrates the amount of time, labour and application that could be lavished on such leisure pursuits.
Paper
These designs have been cut in white paper and stuck onto shiny black paper. The album dates from about 1835, by which date such paper would have been commercially available. Earlier artists had had to blacken paper with soot or ink.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | cut paper |
Brief description | Anonymous. Decorative design in cut paper work, English, c.1835 |
Physical description | Design in cut paper mounted on black commercially made paper, mounted in an album with 57 others. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs C. E. L. Bryant |
Summary | Object Type This album contains 58 examples of cut paper work, a popular pastime from the late 17th century, requiring time, skill and patience in the use of small scissors, knives and even pins. The art was practised by the most modest of people up to the grandest in the country, including Queen Anne to Queen Victoria. Many amateurs created often quite elaborate albums in which to keep their work. The designs in this album are quite simply and roughly done, and probably are the work of a child or a beginner. Ownership & Use The album's 58 cut paper designs include subjects ranging from baskets of fruit and flowers, rabbits, dogs and birds, to more complicated scenes of deer hunting, a woman in a rocking chair and a man on a desert island with a dog and gun. Although the designs are crude, they have been carefully sewn together to form an album of sorts, possibly as a gift. This group demonstrates the amount of time, labour and application that could be lavished on such leisure pursuits. Paper These designs have been cut in white paper and stuck onto shiny black paper. The album dates from about 1835, by which date such paper would have been commercially available. Earlier artists had had to blacken paper with soot or ink. |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939. |
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Accession number | E.3604-1938 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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