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Album

1838-1915 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (compiler)
Place of origin
England (made)

One of three volumes containing bills (circa 1838), pamphlets, press-cuttings, price lists etc (circa 1848-1915) and account book (for 1869), all relating to wallpapers produced by Jeffrey & Co.

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Object details

Categories
Shopping
Wall Coverings
Object type
Album
Materials and techniques
Book containing information relating to wallpapers produced by Jeffrey & Co.
Paper
Bookbinding
Brief description
One of three volumes containing bills (circa 1838), pamphlets, press-cuttings, price lists etc (circa 1848-1915) and account book (for 1869), all relating to wallpapers produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1838-1915.
Physical description
One of three volumes containing bills (circa 1838), pamphlets, press-cuttings, price lists etc (circa 1848-1915) and account book (for 1869), all relating to wallpapers produced by Jeffrey & Co.
Dimensions
  • Each volume height: 44.5cm
  • Each volume width: 28cm
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 Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
Associated objects
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 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.42A/2-1945

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Record createdMarch 11, 2009
Record URL
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