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Don Quixote

Wallpaper
ca. 1830 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Dufour & Cie (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (manufactured)
Doddington Hall (paper hung)

'Don Quixote'; Portion of a scenic paper, showing a tree in full foliage; Colour print from wood blocks.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleDon Quixote (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
'Don Quixote'; Portion of a scenic paper, showing a tree in full foliage; Colour print from wood blocks; Possibly produced by Dufour et Leroy; Provenance: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire; French; ca. 1830.
Physical description
'Don Quixote'; Portion of a scenic paper, showing a tree in full foliage; Colour print from wood blocks.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 89cm
  • Portion width: 28.1cm
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 Mr G. E. Jarvis
Object history
Given by Mr G. E. Jarvis.

Provenance: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, England.
Subjects depicted
Scenic Wallpapers
Tree
Literary reference<i>El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha</i> ('The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha' - often referred to simply as 'Don Quixote'), a novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (early 17th century). .
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.
  • Oman, C. C. 'Old French Flock Papers', Country Life, vol 63, 625-627, fig 4.
  • Olligs, H. Tapeten. Ihre Geschichte bis zur Gegenwart. Brunswick, 1969-70. vol II, pp 251, 252, figs 506, 507.
  • McClelland, Nancy V. Historic Wallpapers from their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery. Philadelphia and London, 1924. p 299.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.471-1914

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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