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Wallpaper Design

1879 (made)
Artist/Maker

Design for a wallpaper with a formalized fern-and-flower pattern in blue and gold; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; Signed and dated Geo C. Haité 1879 and inscribed in pencil with measurement and Carry out for Scott Cuthbertson & Co, 3 June 1879.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil, on paper
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper with a formalized fern-and-flower pattern in blue and gold; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; George Charles Haité; Signed and dated 'Geo C. Haité 1879'; 1879.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper with a formalized fern-and-flower pattern in blue and gold; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; Signed and dated Geo C. Haité 1879 and inscribed in pencil with measurement and Carry out for Scott Cuthbertson & Co, 3 June 1879.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 35.5cm
  • Size of sheet width: 38.2cm
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
Geo C. Haité 1879 (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Given by Miss Elsie Haité, daughter of the artist
Object history
Given by Miss Elsie Haité, daughter of the artist.
Subjects depicted
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.23239-1957

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Record createdJune 3, 2009
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