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Print

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cowtan & Son (suppliers)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper border; Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp First Account Taken.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
This object is part of a group of wallpaper borders recorded as being produced using a variety of methods, 'colour prints from wood blocks, flock etc'
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Wallpaper border; Stamped with Excise duty stamp; From the stock of Cowtan & Sons; England; ca.1840.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper border; Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp First Account Taken.
DimensionsThis object is part of a group of wallpaper borders, recorded as being of 'various sizes'. 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
First Account Taken (Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp First Account Taken.)
Credit line
Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE
Object history
Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE.

Provenance: The stock of Cowtan & Sons, successors of J. Duppa, J. G. Crace, etc
Production
Provenance: The stock of Cowtan & Sons, successors of J. Duppa, J. G. Crace, etc.
Subject depicted
Wallpaper Border
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 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950 Given by Mr. Noel D. Sheffield, F.R.I.B.A.'
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.88-1939

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Record createdDecember 12, 2008
Record URL
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