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Artist/Maker	Osborne and Little Plc (manufacturer)
Place of origin	England (manufactured)

Specimen of 'Throstle' wallpaper - birds, leaves and berries in yellow on a pale ground; Numbered on the back 59A-c; Colour screen print.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Throstle (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour screen print, on paper Paper Colour Screen Print
Brief description	Specimen of 'Throstle' wallpaper - birds, leaves and berries in yellow on a pale ground; Colour screen print; Osborne & Little Ltd; English; ca. 1973.
Physical description	Specimen of 'Throstle' wallpaper - birds, leaves and berries in yellow on a pale ground; Numbered on the back 59A-c; Colour screen print.
Dimensions	Height: 60.9cm Width: 38.1cm 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	59A-c (Numbered on the back.)
Credit line	Given by Osborne & Little Ltd.
Object history	Given by Osborne & Little Ltd. The pattern of ‘Throstle’ is based on an ink and wash design by an unknown artist for a wallpaper produced by Jeffrey & Co in 1895 (V&A object E.5-1945).
Production	The pattern of ‘Throstle’ is based on an ink and wash design by an unknown artist for a wallpaper produced by Jeffrey & Co in 1895 (V&A object E.5-1945).
Subjects depicted	Leaf (Plant Material) Stylized Flowers Berries Birds
Associated objects	E.1654A-1974 (Design) E.1654-1974 (Colourway) E.1655-1974 (Colourway) E.1657-1974 (Colourway) E.5-1945 (Study for) E.1658-1974 (Colourway)
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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1656-1974

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Record created	February 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192468/throstle-wallpaper-osborne-and-little/

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