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

Portion of wallpaper frieze with a landscape background and cloisters with cavaliers promenading, together with a border of flowers and arabesques; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.

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Categories	Prints Wall Coverings
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Paper Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Portion of wallpaper frieze with a landscape background and cloisters with cavaliers promenading, together with a border of flowers and arabesques; Colour print from wood blocks; Anonymous; France; ca. 1820.
Physical description	Portion of wallpaper frieze with a landscape background and cloisters with cavaliers promenading, together with a border of flowers and arabesques; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 69.2cm Width: 127cm 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.
Object history	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. This paper was superimposed upon E.1038A-1925 and E.1043-1925.
Subjects depicted	Scenic Wallpapers Landscapes (Representations) Cloisters Running Ornament Flowers Arabesques
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.1038-1925

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Record created	February 26, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192975/wallpaper-unknown/

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