Corona Vitae

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

Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints Interiors
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Corona Vitae (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print, on paper Printing Ink Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description	Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour print from wood blocks on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1890.
Physical description	Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.
Marks and inscriptions	Vita Corona (Lettered within design on 'banners'.)
Credit line	Given by Mr Emslie John Horniman
Object history	Given by Mr Emslie John Horniman. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society, London, 1891 and illustrated in accompanying catalogue.
Subjects depicted	Acanthus Scrolling Tree Fruit Snakes Sphinxes
Associated objects	E.4045-1915 (Colourway) E.2315-1932 (Colourway)
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. Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.4046-1915

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Record created	April 14, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224454/corona-vitae-wallpaper-crane-walter/

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