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Swiss Crymp

Wallpaper
ca. 1845-52 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Swiss Crymp'; portion of wallpaper border with an undulating band of blue and yellow; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Swiss Crymp (manufacturer's title)
  • Wallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
'Swiss Crymp'; portion of wallpaper border with an undulating band of blue and yellow; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper; Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; ca. 1845-52.
Physical description
'Swiss Crymp'; portion of wallpaper border with an undulating band of blue and yellow; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.3cm
  • Width: 43.1cm
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.

Provenance: A log book of Arthur Sanderson & Sons.
The printing blocks were destroyed 1874-80.

A different colourway of this border appears in the record books of a firm which is probably that later known as Jeffrey & Co. (see E.431, 432, 432A-1943).
Production
Provenance of wallpaper: A log book of Arthur Sanderson & Sons.
The printing blocks were destroyed 1874-80.
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.1788-1934

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Record createdDecember 17, 2008
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