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Wallpaper

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

Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of blue-green roses and leaves on a brown ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print and blue-green and brown flock, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of roses and leaves, colour woodblock print and flock, England, ca. 1840
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of blue-green roses and leaves on a brown ground.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 93.7cm
  • Portion width: 53.6cm
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 Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subjects depicted
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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.2146-1929

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2009
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