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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
British Galleries, Room 53a

Wallpaper

ca.1769 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bourton-on-the-Water (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with a design of landscape vignettes, in foliated scroll borders imitating stucco work, on a yellow ground; Chiaroscuro colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 4.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Chiaroscuro colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Chiaroscuro
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of landscape vignettes, in foliated scroll borders imitating stucco work, on a yellow ground; Chiaroscuro colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire; English; ca.1769.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of landscape vignettes, in foliated scroll borders imitating stucco work, on a yellow ground; Chiaroscuro colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 4.
Dimensions
  • Irregular, max height: 755cm
  • Irregular, max width: 597cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Paper 4 (Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 4.)
Object history
Provenance: Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Production
Provenance of wallpaper: Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Subjects depicted
Stucco
Landscape
Vignettes
Borders
Scroll
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. Pl. 39A.
  • Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914. London, 1926.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.965-1926

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Record createdDecember 3, 2008
Record URL
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