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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of wallpaper or lining paper with a design of carnations, daisies and other flowers, in blue and pink, on a white ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper with design of carnations, daisies and other flowers, in blue and pink, on a white ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper; From Horsenden Manor, Buckinghamshire; English; 1740.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper or lining paper with a design of carnations, daisies and other flowers, in blue and pink, on a white ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Fragment height: 22cm
  • Fragment width: 25.2cm
  • Height: 8.625in (Note: Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935 )
  • Width: 9.875in (Note: Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935)
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by Miss A. F. Oakes
Object history
Given by Miss A. F. Oakes

Provenance: A room at Horsenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
Production
Provenance of paper: A room at Horsenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.13-1934

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Record createdDecember 2, 2008
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