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Wallpaper

1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Moore, Benjamin (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (manufactured)

Portion of lining paper with a floral pattern in colours and gold; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Lettered B. Moore Newgate Street London 1763.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Printing Ink
Gilt
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of lining paper with a floral pattern in colours and gold; Colour woodblock print, on paper; English; 1763.
Physical description
Portion of lining paper with a floral pattern in colours and gold; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Lettered B. Moore Newgate Street London 1763.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32cm
  • Width: 38cm
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
B. Moore Newgate Street London 1763 (Text printed along the bottom of the decorative side of the paper. Presumably this is Benjamin Moore, who received a premium from the Society of Arts for the introduction of the manufacture of embossed paper to England.)
Credit line
Given by Miss Helen Freeman
Object history
Given by Miss Helen Freeman

B. Moore is presumably Benjamin Moore, who received a premium from the Society of Arts for the introduction of the manufacture of embossed paper to England.
Production
The paper is lettered with B. Moore Newgate Street London 1763, this is presumably Benjamin Moore, who received a premium from the Society of Arts for the introduction of the manufacture of embossed paper to this country.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
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 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1972-1927

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
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