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Wallpaper

post 1860 (made)
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Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper imitating marble; Colour machine print, with additional colour by hand, on paper.

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Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, with additional colour by hand, on paper.
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper imitating marble; Colour machine print, with additional colour by hand, on paper; Provenance: The stock of F. Scott & Son, 26, High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire; English; ca.1860-1900.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper imitating marble; Colour machine print, with additional colour by hand, on paper.
DimensionsThis object is part of a group of wallpaper recorded as being 'various sizes'. 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 Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
Object history
Given by the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.

Provenance: The stock of F. Scott & Son, 26, High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire.

SE recorded that J. Stather & Sons Ltd added ‘marbles’ to their repertoire after 1860, when the firm moved their factory to Beverley Road, Hull.
Production
Provenance: The stock of F. Scott & Son, 26, High Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire.

Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914. London, 1926; recorded that J. Stather & Sons Ltd added ‘marbles’ to their repertoire after 1860, when the firm moved their factory to Beverley Road, Hull.
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Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.795-1970

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2009
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