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Wallpaper

1863-64 (made)
Artist/Maker
Desfossé & Karth (manufacturer)
Wagner (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Panel of wallpaper in the neo-Greek style; on a pink ground, a vase containing flowers on a tall tripod, the whole surrounded by a thin gold border; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Panel of wallpaper in the neo-Greek style, on a pink ground, a vase containing flowers on a tall tripod, the whole surrounded by a thin gold border, colour woodblock print, on paper, designed by Wagner, produced by Desfossé et Karth, Paris, France, 1863-64
Physical description
Panel of wallpaper in the neo-Greek style; on a pink ground, a vase containing flowers on a tall tripod, the whole surrounded by a thin gold border; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 130.2cm
  • Width: 52.8cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Style
Greek Revival
Subjects depicted
Vase
Flowers
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3474-1932

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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