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  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (printed)

  • Date:

    1964 (printed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Spender, (J.) Humphrey, born 1910 - died 2005 (designer)
    Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Screen print on paper

  • Museum number:

    E.956-1978

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case EDUC, shelf 7, box A

  • Image in copyright

This printed design for wallpaper has a pattern based on an expanded hexagon. The wallpaper manufacturers Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd produced this wallpaper in several colours, known in the industry as colourways. Humphrey Spender designed it when he was tutor in textile design at the Royal College of Art.

Physical description

Portion of wallpaper with a design of joined hexagons in dark green on which there are dabs of gilding. These hexagons are printed onto a blue-grey ground. There are marks of dark green and gilding in the background spaces; Screen print on paper.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (printed)

Date

1964 (printed)

Artist/maker

Spender, (J.) Humphrey, born 1910 - died 2005 (designer)
Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Screen print on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'MADE IN ENGLAND'
'SANDERSON HAND PRINT'
'TRIM' and an upward pointing arrow.
'JOIN' and a downward pointing arrow.

Dimensions

Height: 54 cm portion, Width: 55.7 cm portion

Descriptive line

Portion of wallpaper with a design of joined hexagons in dark green on which there are dabs of gilding. These hexagons are printed onto a blue-grey ground. There are marks of dark green and gilding in the background spaces; Screen print on paper; Designed by (J.) Humphrey Spender; Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; 1964.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Oman, Charles and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: A History and Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sothebys in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. 421 p. ill. ISBN 0856670960.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'1155
Pattern of linked hexagons, in gold and green
Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd
1964
Screen print
54 x 55.7 cm (portion)
E.956-1978 neg GJ.9738

Designers in Britain (1964), vol 6, p 183 (top left).'
Mulberg, Colin. A Teacher's Guide to Using the Print Room. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995. 4 p. ill. (V&A education series). ISBN 1851771557
Caplan, David ed. Designers in Britain., 1964, vol. 6, p.183, ill.

Materials

Paper; Printing ink

Techniques

Screen print

Subjects depicted

Hexagons

Categories

Wall coverings

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O85503
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