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Surface

Pattern Book
1929-30 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

'Surface', wallpaper pattern book containing 80 specimens (colour machine prints), each duplicated and each stamped on the back with a serial number; Bound in buckram, with a canvas spine; Stencilled on the spine Surface and dated 1929-30.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Pattern book
TitleSurface (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Book containing colour machine print wallpaper specimens
Paper
Buckram
Canvas
Colour Machine Print
Book-Binding
Brief description
'Surface', wallpaper pattern book containing 80 specimens (colour machine prints); Bound in buckram, with a canvas spine; Produced by the Holmes Chapel Branch of the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd; England; 1929-30.
Physical description
'Surface', wallpaper pattern book containing 80 specimens (colour machine prints), each duplicated and each stamped on the back with a serial number; Bound in buckram, with a canvas spine; Stencilled on the spine Surface and dated 1929-30.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 54.5cm
  • Size of volume width: 52cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Surface / 1929-30 (Title inscribed in capitals on the spine in white paint and dated.)
  • (Each specimen is stamped on the back with a serial number etc, the majority are also inscribed on the back with orders.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Production
Produced by the Holmes Chapel branch of the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
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.
  • Journal of Decorative Art, vol XLIX, 1929, 26.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2974-1962

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Record createdMarch 16, 2009
Record URL
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