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Wallpaper

ca. 1840-70 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of wallpaper with an all-over design of green, golden and grey leaves on twigs, on a pale ground.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Paper
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with an all-over design of green, golden and grey leaves on twigs, on a pale ground; Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; ca. 1840-70.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with an all-over design of green, golden and grey leaves on twigs, on a pale ground.
Marks and inscriptions
Blocks Destroyed 1876 (Handwritten over centre of design.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
The printing blocks were destroyed in 1876.
Production
The printing blocks were destroyed in 1876.
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.1781-1934

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Record createdMarch 11, 2009
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