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The Tree

Wallpaper
1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey (manufacturer)
Wilson, Henry (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'The Tree' wallpaper, a repeating design of a tree, with birds and a nest in its branches, surrounded by flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleThe Tree (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of 'The Tree' wallpaper, a repeating design of a tree, with birds and a nest in its branches, surrounded by flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Designed by Henry Wilson; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1893.
Physical description
Portion of 'The Tree' wallpaper, a repeating design of a tree, with birds and a nest in its branches, surrounded by flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 90.5cm
  • Portion width: 56cm
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 Miss Mary Peerless
Object history
Given by Miss Mary Peerless.
Exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition, New Gallery, Regent's Street, London, October 1893. The whole design of which this forms a section is reproduced in the Studio (1894), vol 2, plate on p 22. The block from which the paper was printed is reproduced in Arts Journal (1901), plate on p 332.
Subjects depicted
Trees
Birds
Flowers
Nest
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 and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.466-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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