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Enfield

Wallpaper
ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a wallpaper entitled 'Enfield', featuring vertical bands of flowers and undulating foliage, yellow; green and pale-blue on a pale ground; Pencil and watercolour on paper; Inscribed in ink with working notes etc and WW [William Woollams] & Co. Private Pattern Aldam Heaton & Co Ltd, numbered 5954 and blind stamped with the Heaton Co.'s stamp.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEnfield (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper entitled 'Enfield', featuring vertical bands of flowers and undulating foliage; yellow, green and pale-blue on a pale ground; Pencil and watercolour on paper; Design by John Aldam Heaton; Inscribed in ink with working notes and blind stamped with the Heaton Co.'s stamp; England; ca. 1897.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper entitled 'Enfield', featuring vertical bands of flowers and undulating foliage, yellow; green and pale-blue on a pale ground; Pencil and watercolour on paper; Inscribed in ink with working notes etc and WW [William Woollams] & Co. Private Pattern Aldam Heaton & Co Ltd, numbered 5954 and blind stamped with the Heaton Co.'s stamp.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 61.7cm
  • Portion width: 49.5cm
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
  • Inscribed in ink with working notes etc and WW [William Woollams] & Co. Private Pattern Aldam Heaton & Co Ltd.
  • Numbered 5954.
  • (Blind stamped with the Heaton Co.'s stamp.)
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.2696-1929

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Record createdJune 4, 2009
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