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Wallpaper

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of wallpaper with a design of two panels repeated, of scroll work, birds, vases of flowers, tripods, medallions and a Pan figure; Stamped on the back with the cipher of the manufacturer (?) and numbered 3; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Brief description
Length of wallpaper with a design of two panels repeated, of scroll work, birds, vases of flowers, tripods, medallions and a Pan figure; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Anonymous; France; ca. 1780.
Physical description
Length of wallpaper with a design of two panels repeated, of scroll work, birds, vases of flowers, tripods, medallions and a Pan figure; Stamped on the back with the cipher of the manufacturer (?) and numbered 3; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 389.9cm
  • Width: 53.4cm
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
3 (Stamped on the back with the cipher of the manufacturer (?) and numbered 3.)
Subjects 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, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913
Collection
Accession number
E.738-1912

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
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