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Wallpaper

ca.1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
St Edmund Hall (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Two fragments of wallpaper or lining paper with a pattern of red, green and black flowers on white grounds; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Stencilling
Brief description
Two fragments of wallpaper or lining paper with a pattern of red, green and black flowers on white grounds; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper; From St Edmund Hall, Oxford; England; ca.1740.
Physical description
Two fragments of wallpaper or lining paper with a pattern of red, green and black flowers on white grounds; Colour woodblock print and stencil, on paper.
Dimensions
  • First fragment height: 14.3cm
  • First fragment width: 72.3cm
  • Second fragment height: 11.5cm
  • Second fragment width: 55.2cm
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 Mr A. B. Emden
Object history
Given by Mr A. B. Emden

Provenance: Thomas Hearne's Room, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Production
Provenance of paper: Thomas Hearne's Room, St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Subject depicted
Flowers
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 Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.284-1933

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Record createdDecember 2, 2008
Record URL
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