Expansion

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C , Case DW, Shelf 106

Artist/Maker	Dahls Tapetfabrik (manufacturer) Karlby, Bent (designer)
Place of origin	Copenhagen (county) (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper.

Object details

Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Expansion (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Colour machine print, on paper Paper Colour Machine Print
Brief description	Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Design by Bent Karlby; Produced by Dahls Tapetfabrik, Copenhagen; Denmark; 1956.
Physical description	Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 57.5cm Width: 47cm 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.
Credit line	Given by Dahls Tapetfabrik
Object history	Given by Dahls Tapetfabrik.
Subjects depicted	All-Over Pattern Ovals
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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.896-1979

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	June 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O239273/expansion-wallpaper-karlby-bent/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like