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Wallpaper

ca.1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Williton (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Stencilling
Brief description
Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5; Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset; English; ca.1770.
Physical description
Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5.
Dimensions
  • Height: 235.6cm
  • Width: 59.1cm
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 5 (Stamped 5 times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5.)
Credit line
Given by Miss E. E. G. Welch
Object history
Given by Miss E. E. G. Welch.

Provenance: Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset.
Production
Provenance of wallpaper: Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset.
Subjects depicted
Pastoral
Branches (Tree)
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 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1852-1938

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Record createdDecember 3, 2008
Record URL
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