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Pattern paper

Print
1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
The Curwen Press (printers)
Nash, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Patterned paper with three-dimensional geometric design in black, white and yellow.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type
Print
TitlePattern paper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph from wood engraving
Paper
Colour Offset Lithograph
Brief description
Patterned paper, designed by Paul Nash, printed by the Curwen Press, Great Britain, 1920s
Physical description
Patterned paper with three-dimensional geometric design in black, white and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.625in
  • Width: 12.0625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Gallery label
Paul NASH (1889-1946)

Pattern paper
Printed by the Curwen Press
Colour offset lithograph from wood engraving
E.1665-1929
Given by Harold Curwen

Paul Nash produced some of the most successful pattern papers for
Curwen: his crocus design sold nearly 20,000 sheets between 1925-
37. He tended to use large blocks, some as large as 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches,
while other artists might produce blocks 1 inch square. The block
for this paper was 1 1/2 x 3 1/8 inches. In 1927 he wrote 'Wood seems
to yield to the evolution of an abstract design or a decorative
arabeque as stone excites the sculptor to the creation of pure form.
For it is the glyptic character of engraving on wood which is its
peculiar charm...'.
Credit line
Given by Mr Harold Curwen
Production
The artist produced a small design, an inch or two square, and the Curwen Press turned this into a patterned paper.
Subject depicted
All-Over Pattern
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1665-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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