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Garden Tulip

Wallpaper
1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (printer)
Morris & Co. (publisher)
Morris, William (designer (surface design))
Place of origin
England (made)

Hand printed wallpaper depicting a pattern of orange tulips on an all-over underlay pattern of green foliate on a cream background.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleGarden Tulip (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Hand printed wallpaper
Block Printing
Brief description
'Garden Tulip', designed by William Morris. Hand-printed by Jeffrey & Co for Morris & Co. English; 1885.
Physical description
Hand printed wallpaper depicting a pattern of orange tulips on an all-over underlay pattern of green foliate on a cream background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 692.15mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959)
  • Length: 508mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959)
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.286-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036395/garden-tulip-wallpaper-morris-william/
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