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The Formal Garden

Wallpaper
1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'The Formal Garden' wallpaper, depicting a formal tree in a planter on a garden plinth, scrolling foliage and horizontal dark-green bands with poppies and white lilies, on a pale-blue ground; Colour woodblock print on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleThe Formal Garden (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of 'The Formal Garden' wallpaper, depicting a formal tree in a planter on a garden plinth, scrolling foliage and horizontal dark-green bands with poppies and white lilies, on a pale-blue ground; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour woodblock print on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1904.
Physical description
Portion of 'The Formal Garden' wallpaper, depicting a formal tree in a planter on a garden plinth, scrolling foliage and horizontal dark-green bands with poppies and white lilies, on a pale-blue ground; Colour woodblock print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Average size of e.1840 1934 and e.5100 5105 1919. height: 83.8cm
  • Average size of e.1840 1934 and e.5100 5105 1919. width: 57.2cm
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.
Style
Arts and Crafts
Subjects depicted
Tree
Lilies
Flowers (Plants)
Plinth
Scrolling Foliage
Floral Motifs
Poppies
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.
  • Spencer, I., Walter Crane, 1975.
  • Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5103-1919

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Record createdApril 17, 2009
Record URL
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