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Victoria

Wallpaper
1936-59 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Victoria' wallpaper specimen, a pattern of lacework motifs surrounded by a repeat brick pattern of cross motifs, white with a (?)grey-blue ground; Screen print on paper.

Within a pattern book of 151 specimens, incorporating a studio log of obsolete designs, 1936-59; Each with title etc lettered on the front, and the pages of the original pattern book with title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; Some of the patterns interleaved with screen-printed versions, reduced in size; Book bound in cloth boards, with typescript list of titles, designer's and printing methods affixed to the inside of the front cover and to the fly leaf.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVictoria (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Screen print on paper
Brief description
'Victoria' wallpaper specimen, a pattern of lacework motifs surrounded by a repeat brick pattern of cross motifs, white with a (?)grey-blue ground; Screen print on paper; Design by Mary Storr; Within a wallpaper pattern book of 151 specimens (E.2296-2446-1980), incorporating a studio log of obsolete designs; Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd; England; 1936-59.
Physical description
'Victoria' wallpaper specimen, a pattern of lacework motifs surrounded by a repeat brick pattern of cross motifs, white with a (?)grey-blue ground; Screen print on paper.

Within a pattern book of 151 specimens, incorporating a studio log of obsolete designs, 1936-59; Each with title etc lettered on the front, and the pages of the original pattern book with title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; Some of the patterns interleaved with screen-printed versions, reduced in size; Book bound in cloth boards, with typescript list of titles, designer's and printing methods affixed to the inside of the front cover and to the fly leaf.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 38cm
  • Size of volume width: 50.5cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
  • VICTORIA / M.STORR. (Lettered, top-right corner of design.)
  • SCREEN (Handwritten in ink, bottom-right corner of design.)
Credit line
Given by Shand Kydd Ltd
Object history
Given by Shand Kydd Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.2433-1980

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Record createdMay 1, 2009
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