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Wallpaper
1966-67 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of 'Naughton' vinyl wallpaper; Colour print on paper.

Within a pattern book containing 151 specimens (E.1719-1869-1980), including different colourways, each with designer's name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; a few sheets interleaved with photographs of the papers in contemporary settings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Focus (series title)
  • Naughton (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour print on paper
Brief description
Specimen of 'Naughton' vinyl wallpaper; Design by William J. Odell; Colour print on paper; Within a pattern book containing 151 specimens (E.1719-1869-1980); Produced by Shand Kydd Ltd.; England; 1966-67.
Physical description
Specimen of 'Naughton' vinyl wallpaper; Colour print on paper.

Within a pattern book containing 151 specimens (E.1719-1869-1980), including different colourways, each with designer's name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; a few sheets interleaved with photographs of the papers in contemporary settings.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 40cm
  • 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
(Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back.)
Credit line
Given by Shand Kydd Ltd
Object history
Given by Shand Kydd Ltd.
Associated objects
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.1729-1980

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Record createdMay 14, 2009
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