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Wallpaper Border

first half of 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (manufactured)
Colchester (paper hung)

Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of stylized leaves and branches; Stencil, with details printed from woodblocks, on paper.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper border
Materials and techniques
Stencil, with details printed from woodblocks, on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Stencilling
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of stylized leaves and branches; Stencil, with details printed from woodblocks, on paper; Provenance: The Holly Trees, Colchester, Essex; English; ca. 1715-30.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper border with a design of stylized leaves and branches; Stencil, with details printed from woodblocks, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Border height: 5.1cm
  • Border width: 43.2cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
(Together with E.517-1964, is stamped twice on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.)
Credit line
Given by the Colchester and Essex Museum
Object history
Given by the Colchester and Essex Museum.

Provenance: The Holly Trees, Colchester, Essex.
Production
Provenance: The Holly Trees, Colchester, Essex.
Subjects depicted
Leaf (Plant Material)
Branches
Associated object
E.517-1964 (Set)
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.
  • Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 48.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964 published by HMSO 1965
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.517A-1964

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2009
Record URL
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