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Wallpaper

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
F. Scott & Son (supplier)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)
Cranford (paper hung)

Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of conventionalized poppy flowers and foliage in slate blue on a light blue ground; 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
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of conventionalized poppy flowers and foliage in slate blue on a light blue ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Provenance: Cranford House, Middlesex; English; ca. 1870.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of conventionalized poppy flowers and foliage in slate blue on a light blue ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 104.8cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
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 Borough of Heston and Isleworth
Object history
Given by the Borough of Heston and Isleworth.

Provenance: Cranford House, Middlesex.
Production
Provenance: Cranford House, Middlesex.
Subjects depicted
Poppies
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 Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1249-1937

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
Record URL
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