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This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Wallpaper

early 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wallpaper with a pattern of flowering shrubs; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Wallpaper
  • Print
  • Wallpaper
  • Print
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper
Brief description
Wallpaper with a pattern of flowering shrubs; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper; From Hampden House, Buckinghamshire; England; Early 18th century.
Physical description
Wallpaper with a pattern of flowering shrubs; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Fragment height: 63cm
  • Fragment width: 55cm
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 the Earl of Buckinghamshire
Object history
Given by the Earl of Buckinghamshire

Provenance: Hampden House, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Subject depicted
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.886:1, 2-1979

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Record createdDecember 1, 2008
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