Wallpaper thumbnail 1
Wallpaper thumbnail 2
Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Wallpaper

1851-59 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Pattern book containing 179 cuttings of colour prints from wood blocks, and flock, annotated by hand in ink; Supplied for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Pattern Books
Interiors
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour prints from woodblock and flock in volume.
Paper
Print-Making
Brief description
Pattern book containing 179 cuttings of colour prints from wood blocks, and flock; Supplied for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament; England; 1851-59.
Physical description
Pattern book containing 179 cuttings of colour prints from wood blocks, and flock, annotated by hand in ink; Supplied for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 57.2cm
  • Size of volume width: 39.1cm
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 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.
Supplied for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.
Production
Supplied for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.
Subject depicted
Wallpapers
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.
  • Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 104. pl 87.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.137-1939

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdMarch 12, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O199358/wallpaper-unknown/
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest