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

Design for the wallpaper 'The Golden Age' (see E.1760-1914; E.2319-1932 and E.21, 22-1945); Watercolour and body colour on paper; Signed with monogram, dated WC Oct:86 and inscribed in ink Oct. 1886.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints Designs
Object type	Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques	Watercolour and body colour on paper Paper Water-Colour Body Colour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Design for the wallpaper 'The Golden Age'; Designed by Walter Crane; Watercolour and body colour on paper; Signed with monogram; England; 1886.
Physical description	Design for the wallpaper 'The Golden Age' (see E.1760-1914; E.2319-1932 and E.21, 22-1945); Watercolour and body colour on paper; Signed with monogram, dated WC Oct:86 and inscribed in ink Oct. 1886.
Dimensions	Height: 101cm Width: 66.7cm 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.
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	WC Oct:86 / Oct. 1886 (Signed with monogram, dated WC Oct:86 and inscribed in ink Oct. 1886.)
Credit line	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner. This design was reproduced in embossed leather and pasteboard simulating leather (E.21, 22-1945).
Production	Signed with monogram, dated WC Oct:86 and inscribed in ink Oct. 1886.
Associated objects	E.1760-1914 (Object) E.2319-1932 (Object) E.21-1945 (Object) E.22-1945 (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. 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.20-1945

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Record created	April 14, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224399/wallpaper-design-crane-walter/

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