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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
Early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Sheet of wallpaper borders with a quasi-Egyptian design in grey, white and blue on a red ground; stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 296.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour print from seven wood blocks
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Sheet of wallpaper borders with a quasi-Egyptian design in grey, white and blue on a red ground; stamped with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; early 19th century.
Physical description
Sheet of wallpaper borders with a quasi-Egyptian design in grey, white and blue on a red ground; stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 296.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.8cm
  • Width: 73cm
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
First Account Taken 296 (Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 296.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Beading (Edging Pattern)
Palmettes
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 & 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1562-1934

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Record createdJanuary 5, 2009
Record URL
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