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Design

mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile designs: a row at the top with shell design, urn with fruit and foliage, artist's palette and paintbrushes, and spacers with floral motifs; a row underneath with harp, flower and foliage designs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
coloured cut paper
Brief description
Design for tiles, watercolour, Matthew Digby Wyatt for Messrs. Maw & Co., Britain, mid 19th century
Physical description
Tile designs: a row at the top with shell design, urn with fruit and foliage, artist's palette and paintbrushes, and spacers with floral motifs; a row underneath with harp, flower and foliage designs.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 19.125in (Note: taken from accession register)
  • Sheet width: 29in (Note: taken from accession register)
Credit line
Transferred from The Science Museum
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Collection
Accession number
E.379-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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