Stone Ivy

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Artist/Maker	Cole & Son (manufacturer) Bawden, Edward (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Portion of wallpaper with a trompe l'oeil pattern of stonework printed in shades of pale green, white and yellow, with sprays of ivy on alternate blocks.

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Category	Wall Coverings
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Stone Ivy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-printed in distemper from lino-blocks Printing Ink Linoleum
Brief description	Wallpaper, 'Stone Ivy' ca. 1938-9, by Edward Bawden
Physical description	Portion of wallpaper with a trompe l'oeil pattern of stonework printed in shades of pale green, white and yellow, with sprays of ivy on alternate blocks.
Dimensions	Length: 97cm Width: 55cm
Marks and inscriptions	'34' [in a circle] [twice] 'Stone Ivy (Bawden) (IJ) / yellow (20/-)' (on the back of the sheet at the outer edge; handwriting; pencil) 'Design No.4 Colour W' (on the back of the sheet at the inner edge of the roll; handwriting; pencil) 'Masonry & Ivy Leaf' (on the back of the sheet at innner edge of roll, on folded-over strip; handwriting; pencil)
Credit line	Given by Ian E. Tregarthen Jenkin and Dr E. A. O. Whiteman
Object history	This is one of a group of wallpapers by John Aldridge and Edward Bawden which remained at Place House, Great Bardfield, Essex at the time of John Aldridge's death and which were bequeathed by him to Dr. E.A.O. Whiteman and Ian Tregarthen Jenkin. The papers were divided up and given to three institutions: the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture at the University of Middlesex, and the V&A.
Subjects depicted	Stonework Ivy
Bibliographic reference	A Popular Art: British Wallpapers 1930-1960. Middlesex Polytechnic, 1990 (exhibition catalogue), p.61 (no. 73)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.842-2000

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Record created	June 26, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O40843/stone-ivy-wallpaper-bawden-edward/

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