Wallpaper
ca.1770 (made)
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Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5.
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Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper |
Brief description | Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5; Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset; English; ca.1770. |
Physical description | Panel, made up of four pieces joined together, of unused wallpaper with pastoral scenes between flowering branches; Colour woodblock print and stencils, on paper; Stamped five times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Paper 5 (Stamped 5 times on the back with the Georgian Excise duty stamp and Paper 5.) |
Credit line | Given by Miss E. E. G. Welch |
Object history | Given by Miss E. E. G. Welch. Provenance: Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset. |
Production | Provenance of wallpaper: Left over from the decoration, in 1776, of a house at Williton, Somerset. |
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Accession number | E.1852-1938 |
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Record created | December 3, 2008 |
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