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Wallpaper

ca. 1750-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of yellow flock wallpaper with a pomegranate and pineapple pattern; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Flock on paper
Brief description
Fragment of yellow flock wallpaper with a pomegranate and pineapple pattern; Stamped with the Georgian Excise duty stamp; Provenance: Eagle House, Bathford, Somerset; English; ca, 1750-80.
Physical description
Fragment of yellow flock wallpaper with a pomegranate and pineapple pattern; Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55cm
  • Width: 57cm
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
(Stamped on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp.)
Credit line
Given by Miss Margaret Lester-Garland
Object history
Given by Miss Margaret Lester-Garland.
Provenance: Eagle House, Bathford, Somerset (built ca. 1750).
Subject 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 Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.237-1968

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Record createdJanuary 23, 2009
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