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Wallpaper

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of wallpaper with a foliate design incorporating formalized pineapples, flowers and tendrils, in (?)white and grey on a pale ground; Woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper with a foliate design incorporating formalized pineapples, flowers and tendrils, in (?)white and grey on a pale ground; Woodblock print, on paper; from 19 Abbey Street, a 14th-century house in Faversham, Kent; English; ca. 1820.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper with a foliate design incorporating formalized pineapples, flowers and tendrils, in (?)white and grey on a pale ground; Woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 48cm
  • Width: 43.7cm
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 Mrs Joan Bygrave
Object history
Given by Mrs Joan Bygrave.
Said by the donor to have come from a 14th-century house in Faversham, Kent.
Production
Said by the donor to have come from a 14th-century house in Faversham, Kent.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
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
Accession number
E.1353A-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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