Portion of wallpaper or border paper with a pattern of vertical bands with Moorish motifs; Colour woodblock print and red flock, on paper; Found among the stock of Thomas Avery, builder, etc, of Ivy House, Tenterden, Kent; English; 1800-1875.

Portion of wallpaper or border paper with a pattern of vertical bands with Moorish motifs; Colour woodblock print and red flock, on paper.

Given by Mr Alexander Reynell

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).

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).

This object has been attributed two different dates of manufacture, 'The greater part of the first half of the 19th century' and 'Third quarter of 19th century', within the same source.
See: 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.

E.2147-1913