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Pergola

Wallpaper
1973-74 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of 'Pergola' vinyl wallpaper.

Within Pavilion, a pattern book containing 82 specimens (E.2447-2528-1980), including different colourways, each with name of pattern, serial number etc on the back; interleaved throughout with photographs of sportsmen and women against a background of the patterns; bound in plastic-covered boards.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Pergola (manufacturer's title)
  • Pavilion (series title)
Materials and techniques
printing
Brief description
Specimen of 'Pergola' vinyl wallpaper; Within 'Pavilion', a pattern book containing 82 specimens (E.2447-2528-1980); Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; 1973-74.
Physical description
Specimen of 'Pergola' vinyl wallpaper.

Within Pavilion, a pattern book containing 82 specimens (E.2447-2528-1980), including different colourways, each with name of pattern, serial number etc on the back; interleaved throughout with photographs of sportsmen and women against a background of the patterns; bound in plastic-covered boards.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 50cm
  • Size of volume width: 50cm
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
(Name of pattern, serial number etc 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.2481-1980

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Record createdMay 26, 2009
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