Not currently on display at the V&A

Wallpaper

late 18th century (made)

Portion of wallpaper featuring an Etruscan vase, flowers and doves. Below the vase is a frieze of Greek-style figures, with a separate border of roses and scrolls pasted along the lower edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper featuring an Etruscan vase and a 'Greek frieze' of figures, colour woodblock print, France, late eighteenth century
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper featuring an Etruscan vase, flowers and doves. Below the vase is a frieze of Greek-style figures, with a separate border of roses and scrolls pasted along the lower edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 62in
  • Width: 52in
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Tremayne
Object history
Found in an old house in La Haute Ville, Vaison, France, formerly the residence of the Marquis de Taulignan.

O&H 546
Production
Mounted with E.1037-1025 which forms a portion of the same pattern
Subjects depicted
Association
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.2263-1929

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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