Wallpaper
ca. 1820 (manufactured)
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Specimen of flock wallpaper border with stylized gold foliage and flowers on a red ground; Stamped on the back with the Excise duty stamp and Foreign Paper Customs 48; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper.
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Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper |
Brief description | Specimen of flock wallpaper border with stylized gold foliage and flowers on a red ground; Stamped with the Excise duty stamp; Anonymous; France; ca. 1820. |
Physical description | Specimen of flock wallpaper border with stylized gold foliage and flowers on a red ground; Stamped on the back with the Excise duty stamp and Foreign Paper Customs 48; Colour woodblock print and flock, on paper. |
Dimensions | From a group of 'various sizes'. 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. |
Marks and inscriptions | Foreign Paper Customs 48 (Stamped on the back with the Excise duty stamp.) |
Credit line | Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE |
Object history | Given by Mr A. L. Cowtan in memory of his father, Arthur Barnard Cowtan, OBE. |
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Accession number | E.99-1939 |
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Record created | February 26, 2009 |
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