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Wallpaper

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper with a repeating pseudo-Chinese pattern, showing a royal couple stepping onto a barge, while people watch from the riverbanks.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a pseudo-Chinese pattern, England, ca. 1870
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a repeating pseudo-Chinese pattern, showing a royal couple stepping onto a barge, while people watch from the riverbanks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 157.6cm
  • Width: 55.3cm
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
Formerly attributed to Heywood, Higginbottom & Smith, Manchester.
Production
Formerly attributed to Heywood, Higginbottom & Smith, Manchester.
Subjects depicted
Place 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.2147-1929

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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