Wallpaper

Physical description

Fragment of wallpaper with a running design of lyre shapes and leaf scrolls on a diaper background; Colour print from wood block and flock, on paper.

Place of Origin

France (manufactured)
La Haute Ville, France (paper hung)

Date

ca. 1820 (manufactured)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Colour print from wood block and flock, on paper

Object history note

Given by Mrs Tremayne.

Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan.

Descriptive line

Fragment of wallpaper with a running design of lyre shapes and leaf scrolls on a diaper background; Colour print from wood block and flock; Anonymous; Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan; French; ca. 1820.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

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.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'575
Two fragments with a pattern of fringed silk hangings decorated with lyre shapes on a diaper background
Circa 1820
Colour prints from wood block and flock
Various sizes
PROVENANCE A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan
E.2503-1930; E.3408-1922 neg GJ.9481; E.3408A-1922 neg GJ.9482

The above 6 items, 570-575, were given by Mrs Tremayne'

Production Note

Provenance: A house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan.

Materials

Paper; Flock

Techniques

Colour woodblock print; Flocking

Subjects depicted

Leaf scrolls; Running ornament; Lyres

Categories

Prints; Wall coverings

Collection code

PDP