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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made) La Haute Ville (paper hung)

Fragment of wallpaper with medallions of animals and insects arranged singly and in groups of four, background pattern of stepped lozenge shapes and a border with bunches of grapes; Colour print from woodblocks, on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Paper Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Fragment of wallpaper with medallions of animals and insects arranged singly and in groups of four, background pattern of stepped lozenge shapes and a border with bunches of grapes; Colour print from woodblocks, on paper; Anonymous; Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan; French; ca. 1800.
Physical description	Fragment of wallpaper with medallions of animals and insects arranged singly and in groups of four, background pattern of stepped lozenge shapes and a border with bunches of grapes; Colour print from woodblocks, on paper.
Dimensions	Fragment height: 71.2cm Fragment width: 39.4cm Border height: 55.2cm Border width: 85.1cm 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.
Credit line	Given by Mrs Tremayne
Object history	Given by Mrs Tremayne. Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan.
Production	Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan.
Subjects depicted	Animals Insects Lozenges Grapes
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.1040-1925

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Record created	February 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192789/wallpaper-unknown/

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