Peacocks and Amorini

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Artist/Maker	Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Design for 'Peacocks and Amorini' wallpaper, featuring arabesques, peacocks, parrots, putti and cornucopia; Showing scheme for two different treatments: (1) for flat printing; (2) for embossed leather paper; Watercolour on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Peacocks and Amorini (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on paper Paper Watercolour Painting
Brief description	Design for 'Peacocks and Amorini' wallpaper, featuring arabesques, peacocks, parrots, putti and cornucopia; Showing scheme for two different treatments: (1) for flat printing; (2) for embossed leather paper; Designed by Walter Crane; Watercolour on paper; England; 1878.
Physical description	Design for 'Peacocks and Amorini' wallpaper, featuring arabesques, peacocks, parrots, putti and cornucopia; Showing scheme for two different treatments: (1) for flat printing; (2) for embossed leather paper; Watercolour on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 106.7cm Width: 53.1cm 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.
Production type	Design
Credit line	Given by Mr Metford Warner
Object history	Given by Mr Metford Warner. This, with the frieze (E.4032-1915) and dado (E.4031-1915), was exhibited at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1878, where it received the Gold Medal Award. For a wallpaper made after this design, see E.596-1925.
Subjects depicted	Arabesques Peacocks Parrots Fruit Grapes Putti Cornucopia
Associated objects	E.4047-1915 (Colourway) E.4048-1915 (Colourway) E.596-1925 (Object)
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. Building News, 1879, XXXVI, p 198.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.595-1925

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Record created	April 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O218602/peacocks-and-amorini-wallpaper-crane-walter/

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