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Artist/Maker	Unknown (maker)
Place of origin	England (manufactured)

Fragment of scenic wallpaper with a design of a gothic gateway; Colour woodblock print, on paper; This is a fragment of the same design as E.1565-1934, but reversed and printed in different colours.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Wallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Paper Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Fragment of scenic wallpaper with a design of a gothic gateway; Colour woodblock print, on paper; English; ca. 1830-40.
Physical description	Fragment of scenic wallpaper with a design of a gothic gateway; Colour woodblock print, on paper; This is a fragment of the same design as E.1565-1934, but reversed and printed in different colours.
Dimensions	Height: 38.2cm Width: 29.3cm 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.
Credit line	Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history	Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Production	Probably ca. 1830-40.
Subjects depicted	Gateways Gothic (Medieval) Building Trees Scenic Wallpapers
Associated object	E.1565-1954 (Version)
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 & 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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1566-1934

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Record created	December 15, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O179517/wallpaper-wallpaper-unknown/

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