The Significance of Line
Wallpaper
ca.1955 (manufactured)
ca.1955 (manufactured)
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Specimen of 'Orleans' wallpaper; Colour print on paper.
Within a pattern book containing 128 specimens, including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; 3 sheets inserted with screen prints of the patterns reduced to one-eighth of the size; bound in cloth-covered boards and lettered on the spine Traditional Collection.
Within a pattern book containing 128 specimens, including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; 3 sheets inserted with screen prints of the patterns reduced to one-eighth of the size; bound in cloth-covered boards and lettered on the spine Traditional Collection.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour print on paper |
| Brief description | Specimen of 'Orleans' wallpaper; Design by William J. Odell; Colour print on paper; Within a pattern book containing 128 specimens (E.2529-2656-1980), lettered on the spine 'Traditional Collection'; Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd.; England; ca.1955. |
| Physical description | Specimen of 'Orleans' wallpaper; Colour print on paper. Within a pattern book containing 128 specimens, including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; 3 sheets inserted with screen prints of the patterns reduced to one-eighth of the size; bound in cloth-covered boards and lettered on the spine Traditional Collection. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Title, serial number etc in letterpress on the back.) |
| Credit line | Given by Shand Kydd Ltd |
| Object history | Given by Shand Kydd Ltd. |
| Associated object | E.2557-1980 (Set) |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.2556-1980 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2009 |
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