Wallpaper Design

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Artist/Maker	Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer) Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Design for a wallpaper frieze showing a winged figure, holding a sickle in each hand, standing between two large peacocks; Body colour and gold, on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Paintings Designs
Object type	Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques	Body colour and gold, on paper Paper Body Colour Gold Painting
Brief description	Design for a wallpaper frieze showing a winged figure, holding a sickle in each hand, standing between two large peacocks; Designed by Walter Crane; Body colour and gold, on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1878.
Physical description	Design for a wallpaper frieze showing a winged figure, holding a sickle in each hand, standing between two large peacocks; Body colour and gold, on paper.
Dimensions	Design height: 53.3cm Design width: 54.1cm 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 Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner. This frieze was intended for use with E.595-1925.
Subjects depicted	Peacocks Sickle Corn-Stalk Figure, Winged
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. 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.23-1945

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Record created	April 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O220678/wallpaper-design-crane-walter/

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