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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca.1786 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wallpaper Manufacturers, Ltd. (manufacturer)
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Portion of wallpaper with a black and red floral design, on a green ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a black and red floral design on a green ground, used as border to a gothic scenic paper; Colour woodblock print, on paper; English; ca.1786.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a black and red floral design, on a green ground; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 5.8cm
  • Portion width: 64.8cm
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 the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.

Was used as a border to a gothic scenic paper.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
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.
  • 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1560-1934

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Record createdDecember 4, 2008
Record URL
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