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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca. 1840-70 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wallpaper border specimen with a white curtain trompe l'oeil effect and gold roundels on green stripes; Woodblock print, on paper.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Wallpaper border specimen with a white curtain trompe l'oeil effect and gold roundels on green stripes; Woodblock print, on paper; Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; ca. 1840-70.
Physical description
Wallpaper border specimen with a white curtain trompe l'oeil effect and gold roundels on green stripes; Woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.8cm
  • Width: 43cm
The edges are uneven
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
The printing blocks were destroyed 1874-80.
Production
The printing blocks were destroyed 1874-80.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.1787-1934 (Colourway)
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 Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1786-1934

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Record createdDecember 7, 2005
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