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Wallpaper

ca. 1830 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Cowtan & Son (supplier)
Unknown
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

This wallpaper border comes from the stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, an important interior decorating company based in Oxford Street, London, from the 1830s to the 1930s. They supplied wallpapers to customers all over the country. This border is printed to imitate moulded plasterwork.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Printing Ink
Colour Woodblock Print
Printing
Brief description
Wallpaper with a running white plaster-effect pattern, white and grey with a blue background; Colour woodblock print, on paper; From the stock of Cowtan & Sons; England; ca. 1830.
Physical description
Wallpaper with a running white plaster-effect pattern, white and grey with a blue background; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 64.9cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Gallery label
WALLPAPER BORDER
Produced c.1820-30

This wallpaper border comes from the stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, an important interior decorating company based in Oxford Street, London, from the 1830s to the 1930s. They supplied wallpapers to customers all over the country. This border is printed to imitate moulded plasterwork.

Colour print from wood blocks, on paper
Printed in England

Given by Mr A.L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE

Museum no. E.68-1939
Credit line
Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE
Object history
Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE.

Provenance: The stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, successors of J. Duppa, J. G. Crace etc.
Production
Provenance: The stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, successors of J. Duppa, J. G. Crace etc.
Subjects depicted
Acanthus
Stylized Flowers
Running Ornament
Moulding
Summary
This wallpaper border comes from the stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, an important interior decorating company based in Oxford Street, London, from the 1830s to the 1930s. They supplied wallpapers to customers all over the country. This border is printed to imitate moulded plasterwork.
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950 Given by Mr. Noel D. Sheffield, F.R.I.B.A.'
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.68-1939

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Record createdMay 23, 2006
Record URL
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