Wallpaper
1910-1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Sketch design for a wallpaper, featuring heptagonal frames, containing a scene of a woman with two children, positioned as a brick repeat pattern. Festoons and vertical bands of scrolling foliage decorate between the frames; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; Paper squared in pencil.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil, on paper |
| Brief description | Sketch design for a wallpaper, featuring heptagonal frames, containing a scene of a woman with two children, positioned as a brick repeat pattern. Festoons and vertical bands of scrolling foliage decorate between the frames; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; Paper squared in pencil; By Arthur Willcock (Wilcock) ('Sketch made by a French draughtsman in the employ of Mr Arthur Willcock'); 1910-13. |
| Physical description | Sketch design for a wallpaper, featuring heptagonal frames, containing a scene of a woman with two children, positioned as a brick repeat pattern. Festoons and vertical bands of scrolling foliage decorate between the frames; Watercolour and pencil, on paper; Paper squared in pencil. |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Given by the artist. Produced for Zuber et Fils, Rixheim, Alsace. |
| Production | Sketch made by a French draughtsman in the employ of Mr Arthur Willcock. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | E.3937-1923 (Set) |
| 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.3938-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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