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Wallpaper frieze

Wallpaper
ca. 1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two portions of a frieze, showing different sections of the same design, embodying a nude girl holding a pomegranate and surrounded by sprays of apple blossom, on a gold ground; Colour prints from wood blocks, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallpaper frieze (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour prints from wood blocks, on paper
Brief description
Two portions of a frieze, showing different sections of the same design, embodying a nude girl holding a pomegranate and surrounded by sprays of apple blossom, on a gold ground; Design attributed to William Stephen Coleman; Colour prints from wood blocks, on paper; England; ca.1885.
Physical description
Two portions of a frieze, showing different sections of the same design, embodying a nude girl holding a pomegranate and surrounded by sprays of apple blossom, on a gold ground; Colour prints from wood blocks, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Each height: 26.7cm
  • Each width: 45.7cm
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.
Credit line
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subjects depicted
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.
  • 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 & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1870-1934

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Record createdApril 1, 2009
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