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La Margarete

Wallpaper Design
1876 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Crane, Walter (R.W.S.) (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'La Margarete' wallpaper, featuring festoons of daisies and yellow ribbon on a green ground; Gouache on paper; Printed with the legend Si douce est La Margarete; Signed in ink Walter Crane and inscribed in pencil with notes.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper design
TitleLa Margarete (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Paper
Gouache
Painting
Brief description
Portion of 'La Margarete' wallpaper, featuring festoons of daisies and yellow ribbon on a green ground; Designed by Walter Crane; Gouache on paper; Printed with the legend 'Si douce est La Margarete'; Signed in ink and inscribed in pencil with notes; Exhibited at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1876.
Physical description
Portion of 'La Margarete' wallpaper, featuring festoons of daisies and yellow ribbon on a green ground; Gouache on paper; Printed with the legend Si douce est La Margarete; Signed in ink Walter Crane and inscribed in pencil with notes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.1cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
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
  • Si douce est La Margarete (Lettered within design.)
  • Walter Crane (Signed in ink and inscribed in pencil with notes)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
This paper, with the 'Alcestis' frieze (E.4034-1915) and 'Dove' dado, were exhibited at the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876.
Subjects depicted
Festoons
Daisies
Flowers
Ribbon
Associated objects
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.
  • Easter Art Annual 1898
  • Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914. London, 1926.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.18-1945

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
Record URL
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