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Wallpaper

18/11/1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a wallpaper with a formalized pattern of undulating leaves and flowers; Pencil and body colour on paper, squared; Signed and dated J. A. Heaton 18/11/80, inscribed with notes and Private Pattern B WW [William Woollams] & Co and numbered 5653.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and body colour on paper, squared
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper with a formalized pattern of undulating leaves and flowers; Pencil and body colour on paper, squared; Design by John Aldam Heaton; Signed and dated; England; 1880.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper with a formalized pattern of undulating leaves and flowers; Pencil and body colour on paper, squared; Signed and dated J. A. Heaton 18/11/80, inscribed with notes and Private Pattern B WW [William Woollams] & Co and numbered 5653.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 65.5cm
  • Portion width: 64.9cm
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
  • J. A. Heaton 18/11/80 (Signed and dated.)
  • Inscribed with notes and Private Pattern B WW [William Woollams] & Co and numbered 5653.
Credit line
Given by Heaton Tabb & Co. Ltd
Object history
Given by Heaton Tabb & Co. Ltd
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.2694-1929

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Record createdJune 4, 2009
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