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Jefta

Wallpaper
1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of acrylic wallpaper with 'Jefta' design; Colour machine print, on paper.

Within Duro 17, a pattern book containing 133 specimens (E.655-787-1977), including different colourways, of various floral and formal patterns; each stamped on the back with manufacturer's name and serial number; nearly all the papers shown in photographs of contemporary interiors interleaved throughout the volume.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Jefta (manufacturer's title)
  • Duro 17 (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Specimen of acrylic wallpaper with 'Jefta' design by Rolf Engströmer; Colour machine print, on paper; Within 'Duro 17', a pattern book containing 93 specimens (E.655-787-1977); Produced by Duro; Sweden; 1976.
Physical description
Specimen of acrylic wallpaper with 'Jefta' design; Colour machine print, on paper.

Within Duro 17, a pattern book containing 133 specimens (E.655-787-1977), including different colourways, of various floral and formal patterns; each stamped on the back with manufacturer's name and serial number; nearly all the papers shown in photographs of contemporary interiors interleaved throughout the volume.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 30cm
  • Size of volume width: 22cm
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
(Stamped on the back with manufacturer's name and serial number.)
Credit line
Given by Duro
Object history
Given by Duro.
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.661-1977

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Record createdMay 29, 2009
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