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Wallpaper

1865-66 (manufactured)
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Wallpaper pattern book containing 140 specimens, including different colourways; each stamped on the back with serial number etc; Contains colour prints from wood blocks, marbled papers etc.

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Book containing specimen prints from wood blocks, marbled papers etc, on paper
Brief description
Wallpaper pattern book containing 140 specimens, including different colourways; Colour prints from wood blocks, marbled papers etc; Produced by John Woollams & Co.; England; 1865-66.
Physical description
Wallpaper pattern book containing 140 specimens, including different colourways; each stamped on the back with serial number etc; Contains colour prints from wood blocks, marbled papers etc.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 54.3cm
  • Size of volume width: 52.7cm
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 John Woollams & Co.
Object history
Given by John Woollams & Co.
Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.2-1897

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Record createdMarch 12, 2009
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