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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca. 1850-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel of wallpaper with a lozenge pattern containing quatrefoils in dark green flock, on a pale ground; Woodblock print and flock, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print and flock, on paper
Brief description
Panel of wallpaper with a lozenge pattern containing quatrefoils in dark green flock, on a pale ground; Woodblock print and flock, on paper; Provenance: The stock of W. B. Simpson, 456, West Strand, London; English; ca. 1850-60.
Physical description
Panel of wallpaper with a lozenge pattern containing quatrefoils in dark green flock, on a pale ground; Woodblock print and flock, on paper.
DimensionsThis object is part of a group of wallpapers 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.
Object history
Provenance: The stock of W. B. Simpson, 456, West Strand, London; House Painter and Decorator.
Production
Provenance: The stock of W. B. Simpson, 456, West Strand, London; House Painter and Decorator.
Subjects depicted
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
Accession number
E.165-1934

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Record createdDecember 19, 2008
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