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No.19 in 'The Decorative Use of Wallpaper'

Print
ca. 1910 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wallpaper manufacturers and decorating firms have published pattern books showing rooms decorated with specific wallpapers and matching furnishings since the late 19th century. Here a bathroom is decorated with a so-called 'sanitary' paper, that is, a wallpaper designed to be washable. In this instance the paper imitates glazed brickwork. The ceiling border is Anaglypta, a popular kind of embossed wall-covering of the period, often used to imitate plaster mouldings, cornices and similar features.

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Categories
Object type
TitleNo.19 in 'The Decorative Use of Wallpaper' (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour half-tone
Brief description
Page showing decorative scheme for a bathroom in The Decorative Use of Wallpapers, c.1910
Physical description
Wallpaper sample
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 22.8cm
  • Width: 31.8cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Summary
Wallpaper manufacturers and decorating firms have published pattern books showing rooms decorated with specific wallpapers and matching furnishings since the late 19th century. Here a bathroom is decorated with a so-called 'sanitary' paper, that is, a wallpaper designed to be washable. In this instance the paper imitates glazed brickwork. The ceiling border is Anaglypta, a popular kind of embossed wall-covering of the period, often used to imitate plaster mouldings, cornices and similar features.
Bibliographic reference
Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 129. pl 115.
Collection
Accession number
E.2017:78-1990

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Record createdMarch 24, 2003
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