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Wallpaper

1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Willement (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)
Charlecote Park (paper hung)

Wallpaper with a design of floral arabesques in red, blue, brown and (?)gold flock, on embossed gold paper.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Flock on embossed gold paper
Gold Paper
Flock
Flocking
Embossing
Brief description
Wallpaper with a design of floral arabesques in red, blue, brown and (?)gold flock, on embossed gold paper; Designed by Thomas Willement; Provenance: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire; England; ca. 1832.
Physical description
Wallpaper with a design of floral arabesques in red, blue, brown and (?)gold flock, on embossed gold paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.2cm
  • Width: 57.7cm
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 Hon. Mrs Brian Fairfax-Lucy
Object history
Given by the Hon. Mrs Brian Fairfax-Lucy.
This paper is from the dining room in the 19th-century wing of Charlecote. It is illustrated and referred to by Christopher Hussey in Country Life (May 1952), pp 1330, 1331.
Production
This paper is from the dining room in the 19th-century wing of Charlecote. It is illustrated and referred to by Christopher Hussey in Country Life (May 1952), pp 1330, 1331.
Subjects depicted
Arabesques
Floral Motifs
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.23196-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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