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Rosamund

Wallpaper
1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of a frieze for use with the 'Rosamund' wallpaper, red roses with thorned stems on a pale ground, with border bands of stylised roses and scrolling foliage on a dark-red ground covered with pale dots; Colour woodblock print on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRosamund (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Portion of a frieze for use with the 'Rosamund' wallpaper, red roses with thorned stems on a pale ground, with border bands of stylised roses and scrolling foliage on a dark-red ground covered with pale dots; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour woodblock print on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1908.
Physical description
Portion of a frieze for use with the 'Rosamund' wallpaper, red roses with thorned stems on a pale ground, with border bands of stylised roses and scrolling foliage on a dark-red ground covered with pale dots; Colour woodblock print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.3cm
  • Width: 51.5cm
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
Credit line
Given by the Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd.
Object history
This wallpaper frieze was intended for use with the 'Rosamund ' wallpaper (E.2312,2313-1932).
Subject depicted
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.
  • 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 & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1847-1934

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Record createdApril 20, 2009
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