Design
1979 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
John R Brown worked as a wallpaper designer for Leyland Paint & Wallpapers in East Africa, where he produced a number of designs with African themes, including one for the reception area of the Treetops Hotel in Kenya, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. (She was staying at the hotel in February 1952 when she received the news of her father’s death.) Other papers designed by Brown and included in the gift to the V&A were produced by Paragon Wallpapers, Darwen, Lancashire. Two of the designs (for a nursery paper and for an Art Nouveau-style wallpaper) were never produced.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Design on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a Victorian-style wallpaper with green and gold rococo motifs, by John R. Brown, for Paragon Wallpapers, Germany, 1979. |
| Physical description | Design for a Victorian-style wallpaper with green and gold rococo motifs |
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| Credit line | Given by John R. Brown |
| Summary | John R Brown worked as a wallpaper designer for Leyland Paint & Wallpapers in East Africa, where he produced a number of designs with African themes, including one for the reception area of the Treetops Hotel in Kenya, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. (She was staying at the hotel in February 1952 when she received the news of her father’s death.) Other papers designed by Brown and included in the gift to the V&A were produced by Paragon Wallpapers, Darwen, Lancashire. Two of the designs (for a nursery paper and for an Art Nouveau-style wallpaper) were never produced. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.86-2012 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2012 |
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