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Bamboo Decoaration

Wallpaper
ca. 1837-44 (made)
Artist/Maker
Avery, Thomas (supplier)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with a decorative golden bamboo design on a bright pink ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleBamboo Decoaration (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a decorative golden bamboo design on a bright pink ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Found among the stock of Thomas Avery, builder, etc, of Ivy House, Tenterden, Kent; English; ca. 1837-44.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a decorative golden bamboo design on a bright pink ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 55cm
  • Portion width: 39.7cm
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 Mr Alexander Reynell
Object history
Given by Mr Alexander Reynell.

Provenance: 'Found among the stock of Thomas Avery, builder, etc, of Ivy House, Tenterden, Kent, which business had been in existence nearly a century and a half' (extract from a letter from the donor).

A colour variant of this paper appears in the record books of a firm which is probably that later known as Jeffrey & Co. (see E.431, 432, 432A-1943).
Production
Provenance of wallpaper: 'Found among the stock of Thomas Avery, builder, etc, of Ivy House, Tenterden, Kent, which business had been in existence nearly a century and a half' (extract from a letter from the donor).
Subjects depicted
Bamboo
Running Ornament
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.
  • 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, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2161-1913

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Record createdDecember 15, 2008
Record URL
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