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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca.1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of green flock wallpaper with a diaper design of formalized flower and leaf motifs on a green ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Green flock on paper
Brief description
Portion of green flock wallpaper with a diaper design of formalized flower and leaf motifs on a green ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; English; ca.1780.
Physical description
Portion of green flock wallpaper with a diaper design of formalized flower and leaf motifs on a green ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 44.5cm
  • Portion width: 24.6cm
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
(Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.)
Credit line
Given by Arthur Sanderson & Sons', branch of the WM
Object history
Given by Arthur Sanderson & Sons'
Branch of the WM

Another piece of this flock, with the duty stamp on the back and J8, from a room on the top floor of Uppark, West Sussex, is E.2235-1974.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.2235-1974 (Duplicate)
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.
  • Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 56. pl 48.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1962-1934

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Record createdDecember 3, 2008
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