- Cirque
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Cirque
- Object:
Page in wallpaper pattern book
- Date:
ca.1928
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour line block, letterpess and half-tone
- Museum number:
E.2021:42-1990
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3B, shelf HIGH, box 2
Wallpaper manufacturers and decorating firms have published pattern books showing rooms decorated with specific wallpapers and matching furnishings since the late 19th century. This proposal for a decorative scheme for a nursery shows a simple floral stripe wallpaper with a design of circus performers as a pictorial frieze.
