Decorine The Premier Water Paint
Print
circa 1900 (made)
circa 1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Percy Heffer & Co was a wallpaper company based at 64 Berners Street around the turn of the 19th century. Around 1910 the firm changed its name to Heffer, Scott & Co, following their takeover of Scott, Cuthertson & Co. The name on this poster, and the Beardsley-esque style of the woman in Aesthetic dress suggest that it dates from around 1900. The poster advertises Decorine, a water-based paint, and has 20 numbered samples painted on the sheet.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Decorine The Premier Water Paint (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Line block on card with hand-painted paint samples |
| Brief description | Advertising placard for 'Decorine, the Premier Water Paint' from Percy Heffer & Co., London. c.1900 |
| Physical description | Advertising placard with a woman on the left pointing to coloured paint samples |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Hand-written annotations in ink indicating that paint sample no.9 is for walls and no.48 for woodwork, and a note: These are only a guide to colours as I have not got Halls [?] by me. These I think are only for indoor work.' |
| Credit line | Given by the Charity Commission |
| Summary | Percy Heffer & Co was a wallpaper company based at 64 Berners Street around the turn of the 19th century. Around 1910 the firm changed its name to Heffer, Scott & Co, following their takeover of Scott, Cuthertson & Co. The name on this poster, and the Beardsley-esque style of the woman in Aesthetic dress suggest that it dates from around 1900. The poster advertises Decorine, a water-based paint, and has 20 numbered samples painted on the sheet. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.794-2014 |
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| Record created | October 29, 2014 |
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