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Wallpaper

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Delicourt, E (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Wallpaper panel with an allegorical figure of (?) Winter standing amidst ivy leaves; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour print from woodblocks, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Wallpaper panel with an allegorical figure of (?) Winter standing amidst ivy leaves; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Anonymous; possibly produced by E. Delicourt; France; ca. 1850.
Physical description
Wallpaper panel with an allegorical figure of (?) Winter standing amidst ivy leaves; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 196.3cm
  • Size of sheet width: 70cm
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.
Gallery label
Wallpaper 'Winter' About 1850 Decorative wallpaper panels of this kind were meant to imitate relief sculptures. They would have been framed by papers printed to imitate moulded borders. This example is one of a series of four depicting The Seasons. France, Paris: probably manufactured by E. Delicourt. Colour print from woodblocks Museum No. E.86-1937 Given by Mr William McEwan through the Wall-Paper Manufacturers.
Credit line
Given by Mr William McEwan through the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by Mr William McEwan through the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Production
Possibly one of a series produced by E. Delicourt, entitled 'Die Erdteile', printed later than 1830 and probably copies of designs by Dufour et Leroy.
Subjects depicted
Winter
Woman
Ivy Leaves
Winter
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 and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.86-1937

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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