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Artist/Maker	ICI Ltd (Paints Division) (manufacturer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Design for a vinyl wallpaper, ‘Abelard’; Poster colour, acrylic paint and collage on black paper.

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Category	Wall Coverings
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Poster colour, acrylic paint and collage on black paper Paper Poster Colour Acrylic Paint Collage Painting
Brief description	Design for a vinyl wallpaper, ‘Abelard’; Poster colour, acrylic paint and collage on black paper; Produced in the Vymura 'Studio One' range by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division; English; 1975-76.
Physical description	Design for a vinyl wallpaper, ‘Abelard’; Poster colour, acrylic paint and collage on black paper.
Dimensions	Width: 96cm Height: 46cm 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 ICI Ltd (Paints Division)
Object history	Given by ICI Ltd (Paints Division). Produced in the Vymura 'Studio One' range by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division. A co-ordinating paper is ‘Heloise’. Specimens of both papers are in the pattern-book ‘Studio One’: see E.1113-1118-1979.
Production	Produced in the Vymura 'Studio One' range by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division. A co-ordinating paper is ‘Heloise’. Specimens of both papers are in the pattern-book ‘Studio One’: see E.1113-1118-1979.
Associated objects	E.1113-1979 (Version) E.1114-1979 (Version) E.1115-1979 (Version) E.1116-1979 (Version) E.1117-1979 (Version) E.1118-1979 (Version)
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.1033-1979

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Record created	February 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192507/wallpaper-ici-ltd-paints/

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