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Wallpaper Border

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Shepperton (paper hung)
England (manufactured)

Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of roundels and flowers; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper border
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of roundels and flowers; Colour woodblock print, on paper; From St Nicholas' Rectory, Shepperton, Middlesex ; English; ca. 1810.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of roundels and flowers; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Overall size of fragment, including e.527 1956 height: 9.4cm
  • Overall size of fragment, including e.527 1956 width: 26.4cm
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 Reverend H. Scholfield.
Object history
Given by the Reverend H. Scholfield.

Provenance: St Nicholas' Rectory, Shepperton, Middlesex.

This paper was taken from above the fireplace in a front room on the first floor of the Rectory. The wallpapers and borders (V&A objects: E.523, 523A, B-1956 : E.524, 525-1956 : E.526, 526A-C-1956 : E.527, 528-1956 : E.529, 529A, 530, 530A-1956 : E.531-1956 : E.532-1956 : E.533-1956 : E.555-1956 : E.554-1956) were superimposed upon each other in this room.
Production
Provenance: St Nicholas' Rectory, Shepperton, Middlesex.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Medallions (Ornament Areas)
Roundels
Associated object
E.527-1956 (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.528-1956

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Record createdJanuary 5, 2009
Record URL
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