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Wallpaper

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

Portion of ceiling paper with a design featuring a flying angel trumpeter, in a circular border imitating stucco work on a grey ground; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Chiaroscuro
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of ceiling paper with a design featuring a flying angel trumpeter, in a circular border imitating stucco work on a grey ground; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on paper; Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire; English; ca.1769.
Physical description
Portion of ceiling paper with a design featuring a flying angel trumpeter, in a circular border imitating stucco work on a grey ground; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion of ceiling paper height: 53.3cm
  • Portion of ceiling paper width: 53.3cm
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.
Object history
Provenance: Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Production
Provenance of ceiling paper: Left over from the decoration in 1769 of the Old Manor, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.
Subjects depicted
Stucco
Borders
Angel
Trumpeter
Flowers
Grapes
Fruit
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 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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