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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made)

Portion of wallpaper with a design of acanthus leaves and scrollwork cartouches, with a pineapple, urns and flowers; stamped on the back with a French duty stamp (partly truncated) and numbered 3498; Colour print from wood blocks on varnished paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Colour print from wood blocks on varnished paper Paper Varnish Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Portion of wallpaper with a design of acanthus leaves and scrollwork cartouches, with a pineapple, urns and flowers; stamped on the back with a French duty stamp; Colour print from wood blocks on varnished paper; Anonymous; Probably French; 1825-75.
Physical description	Portion of wallpaper with a design of acanthus leaves and scrollwork cartouches, with a pineapple, urns and flowers; stamped on the back with a French duty stamp (partly truncated) and numbered 3498; Colour print from wood blocks on varnished paper.
Dimensions	Height: 113.7cm Width: 70.5cm 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	3498 (Stamped on the back with a French duty stamp (partly truncated) and numbered.)
Credit line	Given by the Geffreye Museum
Object history	Given by the Geffreye Museum.
Subjects depicted	Acanthus Scrollwork Cartouches Pineapple Urns Flowers
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.782-1959

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Record created	March 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195887/wallpaper-unknown/

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