Wallpaper Border

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (manufactured) Lulliement House (paper hung)

Two portions (on one mount) of wallpaper borders, with a pattern of winged putti riding hippocampi, within ovals; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints Scotland
Object type	Wallpaper border
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper Paper Flock Colour Woodblock Print Flocking
Brief description	Two portions of wallpaper borders, with a pattern of winged putti riding hippocampi, within ovals; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper; From Lulliement House, Perthshire ; English; Early 19th century.
Physical description	Two portions (on one mount) of wallpaper borders, with a pattern of winged putti riding hippocampi, within ovals; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper.
Dimensions	First portion height: 8.9cm First portion width: 8.9cm Second portion height: 8.9cm Second portion width: 17.2cm 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 Mr John B. Fowler.
Object history	Given by Mr John B. Fowler. Provenance: Lulliement House, Perthshire. These borders (one horizontal, one vertical strip) were, together with E.156-1972, removed from behind a scenic paper.
Production	Provenance: Lulliement House, Perthshire. These borders were, together with E.156-1972, removed from behind a scenic paper.
Subjects depicted	Putti Sea-Horses Ovals
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.166-1972

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Record created	January 5, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O181318/wallpaper-border-unknown/

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