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Wallpaper for the Small Home

Wallpaper
ca. 1950 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Inscribed in letterpress on the mount with the manufacturer's name, description etc and Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Wallpaper for the Small Home (series title)
  • Design Folios Book K (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper
Brief description
Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd; From a folio issued by the Council of Industrial Design; England; ca.1950.
Physical description
Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Inscribed in letterpress on the mount with the manufacturer's name, description etc and Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.5cm
  • Width: 37cm
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
Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12 (Inscribed in letterpress on the mount along with the manufacturer's name, description etc.)
Credit line
Given by an anonymous donor
Object history
Given by an anonymous donor.
From a folio issued by the Council of Industrial Design.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
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
Accession number
E.1226-1974

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Record createdMarch 26, 2009
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