Bo-Peep

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Artist/Maker	Lightbown, Aspinall & Co. (printer) Owen, William (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Portions of nursery wallpaper friezes: 'Bo-Peep' and 'Simple Simon'; Machine prints from six engraved rollers, on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Titles	Bo-Peep (manufacturer's title) Simple Simon (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Machine prints from six engraved rollers, on paper Paper Machine Print
Brief description	Portions of nursery wallpaper friezes: 'Bo-Peep' and 'Simple Simon'; Machine prints from six engraved rollers, on paper; Designed by Will Owen; Produced by Lightbown, Aspinall & Co.; England; 1910.
Physical description	Portions of nursery wallpaper friezes: 'Bo-Peep' and 'Simple Simon'; Machine prints from six engraved rollers, on paper.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 26.7cm Size of sheet width: 243.8cm 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 the Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Rabbits Windmills Haystacks Shepherdesses Jester Geese Crook Cows
Literary reference	The nursery rhymes 'Bo-Peep' and 'Simple Simon'.
Bibliographic references	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. Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1912-1934

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Record created	June 26, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O498998/bo-peep-wallpaper-owen-william/

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