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Wallpaper

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper featuring a hunting scene - a dead buck watched by two hounds - alternating with a tripod vase of roses. There is a separate border of Greek key pattern in green affixed to three edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper featuring a hunting scene, colour woodblock print, France, late 18th century
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper featuring a hunting scene - a dead buck watched by two hounds - alternating with a tripod vase of roses. There is a separate border of Greek key pattern in green affixed to three edges.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 185.5cm
  • Portion width: 110.6cm
  • Border depth: 9.6cm
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 Mrs Tremayne
Object history
Found in an old house at Avèze, Gard, France.
Production
Provenance: An old house at Avèze, Gard, France.
Subjects depicted
Association
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 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.2262-1929

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
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