Wallpaper
1950s or 1960s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is one of a group of four unused wallpaper samples from a house in Liverpool. The 1960s silver and black paper with a paisley-patterned design of topless female figures - a washable vinyl paper - was originally hung in the bathroom of the house. The red and white embossed Sanderson paper with vignettes of contemporary bowls and vases is in a very distinctive 1950s style. The other two samples - a bold floral on a black ground and a sketchy figurative design of statues in a park setting (Sanderson, designed by Quaintance New York; possibly titled 'Loire') represent distinctive 50s decorative styles. All the papers are welcome additions to the collection, but the vinyl paper, with its 'Swinging Sixties' ambiance especially so.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on paper |
| Brief description | Wallpaper, piece, with floral motifs on a black ground, probably British, 1950s-60s. |
| Physical description | Piece of wallpaper with pattern of flowers and foliage printed in emerald green, red, yellow, gold and white, on a black ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Alastair and Anna Seagroatt-Davidson, in memory of our dad, Michael Edgar Howard Seagroatt, Liverpool 2010 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This is one of a group of four unused wallpaper samples from a house in Liverpool. The 1960s silver and black paper with a paisley-patterned design of topless female figures - a washable vinyl paper - was originally hung in the bathroom of the house. The red and white embossed Sanderson paper with vignettes of contemporary bowls and vases is in a very distinctive 1950s style. The other two samples - a bold floral on a black ground and a sketchy figurative design of statues in a park setting (Sanderson, designed by Quaintance New York; possibly titled 'Loire') represent distinctive 50s decorative styles. All the papers are welcome additions to the collection, but the vinyl paper, with its 'Swinging Sixties' ambiance especially so. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1465-2010 |
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| Record created | January 18, 2011 |
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