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Wallpaper

Wallpaper
ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper with a design of a vase of flowers on a bracket in gold, yellow and grey, on a white ground imitating watered silk; Colour hand print from 3 wood blocks, and gold, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour hand print from 3 wood blocks, and gold, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of a vase of flowers on a bracket in gold, yellow and grey, on a white ground imitating watered silk; Colour hand print from 3 wood blocks, and gold, on paper; Possibly produced by Turquetil, Malzard et Caillebotte, Paris; France; ca. 1880.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of a vase of flowers on a bracket in gold, yellow and grey, on a white ground imitating watered silk; Colour hand print from 3 wood blocks, and gold, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.7cm
  • Width: 48.3cm
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.
Subjects depicted
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
Accession number
E.1959-1934

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
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