V&A Traditional Paints

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Artist/Maker	Fired Earth (commissioned by) Lindslay, Kathleen (artist)
Place of origin	UK (printed)

This label was designed for the range of V&A Traditional Paints issued by the paint and tile company Fired Earth. To emphasise the heritage association of the product range, Fired Earth commissioned labels and other promotional material that used wood-engraving, a traditional and somewhat old-fashioned process characterised by labour-intensive handicraft.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Images Online Prints
Object type	Print
Title	V&A Traditional Paints (manufacturer's title)
Brief description	Sample paint pot label for V&A Traditional Paints, after Kathleen Lindslay, produced by Fired Earth; British, 1994.
Physical description	Paint pot label attached to pot.
Marks and inscriptions	FIRED EARTH (Across top of label, white against red-brown 'bubble' next to image) V&A / TRADITIONAL / PAINTS (On a representation of a paint pot) DEVELOPED WITH THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM (Below image) 100 ml / COLOUR / SAMPLE (either side of image) No. 24 / PERIWINKLE / BLUE / Emulsion (In)
Credit line	Given by V&A Enterprises
Object history	Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1995.
Subjects depicted	Paint Label
Summary	This label was designed for the range of V&A Traditional Paints issued by the paint and tile company Fired Earth. To emphasise the heritage association of the product range, Fired Earth commissioned labels and other promotional material that used wood-engraving, a traditional and somewhat old-fashioned process characterised by labour-intensive handicraft.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.4-1996

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Record created	August 8, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126896/va-traditional-paints-print-lindslay-kathleen/

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