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Wallpaper

1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
John Woollams & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)
Ringwood (paper hung)

Fragment of wallpaper with a design of trailing foliage and seaweed, within vertical bands; Colour machine print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Fragment of wallpaper with a design of trailing foliage and seaweed, within vertical bands; Colour machine print, on paper; Provenance: A demolished house in Ringwood, Hampshire; English; 1851.
Physical description
Fragment of wallpaper with a design of trailing foliage and seaweed, within vertical bands; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Fragment height: 28.4cm
  • Fragment width: 11cm
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 an anonymous donor
Object history
Given by an anonymous donor.

Provenance: A demolished house in Ringwood, Hampshire.

A specimen of this paper is in the Journal of Design (1851), between pp 174 and 175.
Production
Provenance: A demolished house in Ringwood, Hampshire.

A specimen of this paper is in the Journal of Design (1851), between pp 174 and 175.
Subjects depicted
Seaweed
Leaf (Plant Material)
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 and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.474-1968

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2009
Record URL
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