Pretty Ropey
Wallpaper
1977 (manufactured)
1977 (manufactured)
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Specimen of 'Pretty Ropey' wallpaper, a design of overlapping horizontal and vertical bands of rope; Colour machine print, on paper.
Within Designers Guild Wallpaper Collection No 1, a pattern book containing 88 specimens (E.1092-1180-1977), including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on a label affixed to the back; bound in boards, with the ‘Blockflower’ pattern.
Within Designers Guild Wallpaper Collection No 1, a pattern book containing 88 specimens (E.1092-1180-1977), including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on a label affixed to the back; bound in boards, with the ‘Blockflower’ pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour machine print, on paper |
| Brief description | Specimen of 'Pretty Ropey' wallpaper, a design of overlapping horizontal and vertical bands of rope; Design by by Sheila Reeves; Colour machine print, on paper; Within 'Designers Guild Wallpaper Collection No 1', a pattern book containing 88 specimens (E.1092-1180-1977); Produced by The Designers Guild, London; England; 1977. |
| Physical description | Specimen of 'Pretty Ropey' wallpaper, a design of overlapping horizontal and vertical bands of rope; Colour machine print, on paper. Within Designers Guild Wallpaper Collection No 1, a pattern book containing 88 specimens (E.1092-1180-1977), including different colourways; each with title, serial number etc in letterpress on a label affixed to the back; bound in boards, with the ‘Blockflower’ pattern. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Title, serial number etc in letterpress on a label affixed to the back.) |
| Credit line | Given by The Designers Guild |
| Object history | Given by The Designers Guild. This design was also produced in fabric. |
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| 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.1139-1977 |
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| Record created | May 27, 2009 |
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