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Wallpaper used to decorate Canonbury Place, London

Wallpaper
ca. 1950-1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wallpaper with lyre trellis design. Lettered in the selvage with title and COLES Stamped on the back in ink COLES OF MORTIMER STREET / + 1/6TH Tax and inscribed in pencil 31/-.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleWallpaper used to decorate Canonbury Place, London (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour print from wood-blocks
Brief description
1 of 23 specimens of wallpapers used to decorate Canonbury Place, Cole & Son, c. 1950-1960
Physical description
Wallpaper with lyre trellis design. Lettered in the selvage with title and COLES Stamped on the back in ink COLES OF MORTIMER STREET / + 1/6TH Tax and inscribed in pencil 31/-.
Dimensions
  • Irregular height: 66.7cm
  • Irregular width: 56.9cm
Bibliographic reference
Series: H. Dalton Clifford, "Where Tudor Canons Held Retreats", Country Life, July 3, 1958, pp.26-27. (E.211-1990 illus.)
Collection
Accession number
E.214-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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