Wallpaper
ca.1830 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print, on paper |
| Brief 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; From Pardons, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex; English; ca.1830. |
| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Sylvia Thursfield |
| Object history | 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. |
| Production | Provenance: The drawing room of Pardons, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | E.1006-1970 (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. |
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| Accession number | E.1007-1970 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2009 |
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