
Wallpaper
- Date:
ca. 1868 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Kingman, George (designer)
Corbière Son & Brindle (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour woodblock print, on paper
- Credit Line:
Corbière Son & Brindle
- Museum number:
1106B-1868
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case DW, shelf 37
Physical description
One of five portions of wallpaper with designs of stylized flower-and-leaf motifs within trellises, and heptagonal and triangular shapes; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Date
ca. 1868 (made)
Artist/maker
Kingman, George (designer)
Corbière Son & Brindle (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Object history note
Given by Corbière Son & Brindle.
Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum gives only the designer's surname 'Kingman', but suggests that it is 'Probably the same as George Kingman (worked second half of 19th century), a volume of whose designs for carpets is E.544-1956. Kingman attended the R.C.A. Schools.'
Descriptive line
One of five portions of wallpaper with designs of stylized flower-and-leaf motifs within trellises, and heptagonal and triangular shapes; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Designed by Kingman (probably George Kingman); Manufactured by Corbière Son & Brindle; ca. 1868.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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.
Production Note
Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum gives only the designer's surname 'Kingman', but suggests that it is 'Probably the same as George Kingman (worked second half of 19th century), a volume of whose designs for carpets is E.544-1956. Kingman attended the R.C.A. Schools.'
Materials
Paper
Subjects depicted
Trellis; Triangles; Floral motifs
Categories
Wall coverings; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection