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Skating

Wallpaper
ca. 1870-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Heywood, Higginbottom & Smith (manufacturer)
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Manchester (manufactured)

Panel of scenic wallpaper 'Skating'.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Skating (generic title)
  • Wallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Panel of scenic wallpaper 'Skating'; ca. 1870-80.
Physical description
Panel of scenic wallpaper 'Skating'.
Dimensions
  • Panel height: 76.2cm
  • Panel width: 51.1cm
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.

This paper is reproduced in Country Life (1974), vol 155, 94.
Production
This paper is reproduced in Country Life (1974), vol 155, 94; E. A. Entwisle dates the paper circa 1890.
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1818-1934

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
Record URL
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