Wallpaper
late 17th century (made)
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This fragment of late 17th century paper was found lining deed box at Clandon Park, a country house in Surrey. Other samples of the same design have been found on the walls of the Shrubbery, a house in Epsom, also in Surrey. The design is similar to the kinds of embroidered pictures which were fashionable in this period; it may have been based on a contemporary tapestry, an embroidery or a painted cloth hanging. There is another fragment of the same paper, from the same source, in the collection (see E.2232A-1974). This paper is related to another sheet showing a house and garden with a woman fishing, also in the collection (E.405-1968).
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Woodblock print on paper |
Brief description | Fragment of lining or wallpaper featuring part of a stag-hunting scene; Woodblock print on paper; From a deed box found at Clandon Park, Surrey; English; Late 17th century. |
Physical description | Fragment of lining or wallpaper featuring a building, a tree, birds and a peacock; part of a stag-hunting scene; Woodblock print on paper. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr Alfred Newett |
Object history | Given by John B. Fowler. Provenance: A deed box found at Clandon Park, Surrey. The same scene with variant details is shown on a wallpaper, said to have come from Aldford House (now demolished), Park Lane, London (Entwisle (1970) pl 26), and now in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. This has additional hand-colouring, as has another piece at Colonial Williamsburg, Viginia, USA, (see no 29), and also a third piece, discovered recently at The Shrubbery, Epsom, Surrey. See Greysmith, pl 31. |
Production | Provenance: A deed box found at Clandon Park, Surrey. |
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Summary | This fragment of late 17th century paper was found lining deed box at Clandon Park, a country house in Surrey. Other samples of the same design have been found on the walls of the Shrubbery, a house in Epsom, also in Surrey. The design is similar to the kinds of embroidered pictures which were fashionable in this period; it may have been based on a contemporary tapestry, an embroidery or a painted cloth hanging. There is another fragment of the same paper, from the same source, in the collection (see E.2232A-1974). This paper is related to another sheet showing a house and garden with a woman fishing, also in the collection (E.405-1968). |
Associated object | E.2232A-1974 (Part) |
Bibliographic reference | 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. |
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Accession number | E.2232-1974 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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