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Wallpaper Design

1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
John R. Brown (designer)
Place of origin
Kenya (printed)

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

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques
Silkscreen.
Printing Ink
Silkscreen Print
Brief description
Design for wallpaper in ochre and brown, silkscreen, for the reception of Treetops Hotel, Kenya, by John R. Brown, ca. 1977.
Physical description
Design for wallpaper in ochre and brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 60cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.98-2012

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2012
Record URL
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