
Wallpaper
- Place of origin:
Ditchling (paper hung)
England (manufactured) - Date:
ca.1830 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour woodblock print, on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Miss Sylvia Thursfield
- Museum number:
E.1007-1970
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case DW, shelf 34, box A
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper with a pseudo-Spanish design, showing a man and woman dancing on a terrace, alternating with a cartouche containing a bowl of flowers; with an appliqué border of roses and leaves above a partition; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Off-printed on the back of the fragment is the pattern of an earlier wallpaper, with a floral pin-print design.
Place of Origin
Ditchling (paper hung)
England (manufactured)
Date
ca.1830 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Dimensions
Height: 37.4 cm fragment, Width: 50.2 cm fragment
Object history note
Given by Miss Sylvia Thursfield.
Provenance: The drawing room of Pardons, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex.
Off-printed on the back of the fragment is the pattern of an earlier wallpaper, with a pin-print design.
Descriptive line
Fragment of wallpaper with a pseudo-Spanish design, showing a man and woman dancing on a terrace, alternating with a cartouche containing a bowl of flowers; with an appliqué border of roses and leaves above a partition; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Off-printed on the back of the fragment is the pattern of an earlier wallpaper, with a floral pin-print design; From Pardons, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex; English; ca.1830.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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.
Production Note
Provenance: The drawing room of Pardons, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex.
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Colour woodblock print
Subjects depicted
Floral pattern; Dancing; Woman; Terraces; Roses; Cartouches; Man; Borders (ornament areas); Applied work
Categories
Wall coverings; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection