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Wallpaper

ca.1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Wallbridge (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Fragment of wallpaper with a design of panels, framed in foliated scroll work, containing architectural pastiches; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on a red ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp lo bs 30(?).


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on a red ground
Paper
Woodblock Print
Chiaroscuro
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper with a design of panels, framed in foliated scroll work, containing architectural pastiches; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on a red ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; Provenance: A house at Wallbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire; English; ca.1770.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper with a design of panels, framed in foliated scroll work, containing architectural pastiches; Chiaroscuro woodblock print, on a red ground; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp lo bs 30(?).
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.9cm
  • Width: 46cm
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
lo bs 30(?) (Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp lo bs 30(?).)
Credit line
Given by Mr David Verey
Object history
Given by Mr David Verey.

Provenance: A house at Wallbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Another paper which bears this unusual duty stamp is V&A object E.524, 525-1956, dated circa 1760.
Production
Provenance of paper: A house at Wallbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Subjects depicted
Pastiche
Foliated
Scroll-Work
Associated object
E.49-1971 (Part)
Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.50-1971

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Record createdDecember 31, 2008
Record URL
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