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Alle

Wallpaper
1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Engblads Tapetfabrik (manufacturer)
Sundberg, Folke (designer)
Place of origin
Göteborg (made)

Portion of 'Alle' wallpaper, an all-over pattern with rows of interlinking irregular hexagon-like shapes, in white on a blue-grey ground; Screen print on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleAlle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen print on paper
Paper
Screen Print
Brief description
Portion of 'Alle' wallpaper, an all-over pattern with rows of interlinking irregular hexagon-like shapes, in white on a blue-grey ground; Screen print on paper; Designed by Folke Sundberg; Produced by Engblads Tapetfabrik, Göteborg; Sweden; 1953.
Physical description
Portion of 'Alle' wallpaper, an all-over pattern with rows of interlinking irregular hexagon-like shapes, in white on a blue-grey ground; Screen print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.9cm
  • Width: 54.3cm
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 Engblads Tapetfabrik
Subject depicted
All-Over Pattern
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 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Other number
C.21257 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.578-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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