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Neo-Grec

Wallpaper Design
ca.1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Day, Lewis Foreman (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Design for 'Neo-Grec' wallpaper, blue and white on a pale ground; Watercolour and pencil on paper; Signed and dated Lewis F. Day 1902; Inscribed with notes and numbered 431.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Drawings
Object type
Wallpaper design
TitleNeo-Grec (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Paper
Water-Colour
Painting (Image-Making)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Design for 'Neo-Grec' wallpaper, blue and white on a pale ground; Designed by Lewis Foreman Day; Signed and dated; Watercolour and pencil on paper; England; ca.1902-04.
Physical description
Design for 'Neo-Grec' wallpaper, blue and white on a pale ground; Watercolour and pencil on paper; Signed and dated Lewis F. Day 1902; Inscribed with notes and numbered 431.
Dimensions
  • Height: 66.4cm
  • Width: 46.7cm
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 typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lewis F. Day 1902 (Signed and dated in ink.)
  • 431 (Numbered and inscribed with working notes.)
Object history
The paper reproduced from this design is illustrated in Art Journal (1904), plate on p 60 (colour). The artist also designed a ceiling paper of the same title, which is illustrated in the Magazine of Art (April 1892), p 192.
Subject depicted
Stylized Foliage
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1066-1911

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Record createdApril 27, 2009
Record URL
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