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Wallpaper

ca.1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of wallpaper with a seaweed pattern; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper with a seaweed pattern; Colour woodblock print, on paper; From Whitehall, Malden Road, Cheam, Surrey; English; ca.1840.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper with a seaweed pattern; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Fragment height: 43cm
  • Fragment width: 9cm
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 Greater London Council
Object history
Given by the Greater London Council.

Provenance: Whitehall, Malden Road, Cheam, Surrey.

A copy of The Times for February 1839 was used as a backing for this paper.

See also E.969, 970-1977.
Production
Provenance: Whitehall, Malden Road, Cheam, Surrey.

A copy of The Times for February 1839 was used as a backing for this paper.

See also E.969, 970-1977.
Subject depicted
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
Accession number
E.1033-1977

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2009
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