The Historic Collection
Wallpaper
early 1990s (produced)
early 1990s (produced)
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The V&A‘s collection of historic and contemporary wallpapers is extensive and internationally renowned. The collection has regularly been used by wallpaper manufacturers as a resource for reproductions and for new designs based on historic examples; V&A Enterprises have licensed collections issued by others and also produced their own collections.
This pattern book contains samples from a collection produced in the early 1990s by wallpaper specialists Osborne & Little; the designs are all slightly modified and re-coloured versions of anonymous 18th and 19th century wallpaper samples in the V&A collection. As such it is a interesting example of the influence of museum archives on the design and production of ‘heritage’ wallpapers. The papers are produced by surface printing, an automated print process which gives the effect of hand-block printing. The colours and colour combinations are authentic to the period.
This pattern book contains samples from a collection produced in the early 1990s by wallpaper specialists Osborne & Little; the designs are all slightly modified and re-coloured versions of anonymous 18th and 19th century wallpaper samples in the V&A collection. As such it is a interesting example of the influence of museum archives on the design and production of ‘heritage’ wallpapers. The papers are produced by surface printing, an automated print process which gives the effect of hand-block printing. The colours and colour combinations are authentic to the period.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 80 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | The Historic Collection (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Surface prints, bound in paper-covered boards with foil-blocked lettering, and silk rope handle |
| Brief description | Wallpaper, 'The Historic Collection', pattern book of wallpaper and border samples, made by Osborne & Little for the V&A, United Kingdom, early 1990s |
| Physical description | A pattern book bound in paper covered boards with samples of wallpapers and wallpaper borders. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Historic Collection / V&A Museum/Osborne & Little' (Title, publisher/manufacturer. In gold on front cover.) |
| Historical context | The book contains eleven different patterns in various colourways: Antwerp, Sherringham, Pompadour, Strawberry House, Cordelova, Taulignan, Lanhydrock, Faversham, Domino, Corderier, Kensington. The names are mostly derived from the name of the house or place where the original sample was found, or after the names of types and styles of wallcovering. |
| Summary | The V&A‘s collection of historic and contemporary wallpapers is extensive and internationally renowned. The collection has regularly been used by wallpaper manufacturers as a resource for reproductions and for new designs based on historic examples; V&A Enterprises have licensed collections issued by others and also produced their own collections. This pattern book contains samples from a collection produced in the early 1990s by wallpaper specialists Osborne & Little; the designs are all slightly modified and re-coloured versions of anonymous 18th and 19th century wallpaper samples in the V&A collection. As such it is a interesting example of the influence of museum archives on the design and production of ‘heritage’ wallpapers. The papers are produced by surface printing, an automated print process which gives the effect of hand-block printing. The colours and colour combinations are authentic to the period. |
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| Accession number | E.657:1 to 80-2007 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2007 |
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