Wallpaper for the Small Home
Wallpaper
ca. 1950 (manufactured)
ca. 1950 (manufactured)
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Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Inscribed in letterpress on the mount with the manufacturer's name, description etc and Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12.
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| Materials and techniques | Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper |
| Brief description | Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd; From a folio issued by the Council of Industrial Design; England; ca.1950. |
| Physical description | Wallpaper sample with a pattern of a formalized leaf motif in pink, half-dropped on a background of grey stripes; Hand block-printed on a trough-printed stripe, on paper; Inscribed in letterpress on the mount with the manufacturer's name, description etc and Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Design Folios Book K Plate 1 to 12 (Inscribed in letterpress on the mount along with the manufacturer's name, description etc.) |
| Credit line | Given by an anonymous donor |
| Object history | Given by an anonymous donor. From a folio issued by the Council of Industrial Design. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.1226-1974 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2009 |
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