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Artist/Maker	John Line & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer) Armfield-Passano (designer) Armfield, Diana M. (M.S.I.A, N.E.A.C., R.W.A.) (designer)
Place of origin	England (manufactured)

Portion of 'Mexico' wallpaper; A repeating design of symbols in grey and white and (?)yellow-green bands with dashes of white, running in vertical stripes; Screen print on paper.

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Category	Wall Coverings
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Mexico (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Screen print on paper Paper Screen Print
Brief description	Portion of 'Mexico' wallpaper; A repeating design of symbols in grey and white and (?)yellow-green bands with dashes of white, running in vertical stripes; Screen print on paper; Designed by Diana M. Armfield (of Armfield-Passano); Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd.; England; 1951.
Physical description	Portion of 'Mexico' wallpaper; A repeating design of symbols in grey and white and (?)yellow-green bands with dashes of white, running in vertical stripes; Screen print on paper.
Dimensions	Height: 74cm Width: 54.5cm 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	‘MEXICO’ Wall paper designed by / Armfield-Passano for John Line & / Sons Ltd. ENGLISH; 1951. / Given by the manufacturers. C.19343. (Type-written on a label attached to the bottom-left corner of the design.) LENT BY THE / VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (Type-written on a label attached to the bottom-right corner of the design.) JOHN LINE & SONS LTD 'MEXICO' JOIN HERE (Printed running along a border edge of the design.)
Credit line	John Line & Sons Ltd.
Object history	Given by John Line & Sons Ltd.
Subject depicted	Stripes
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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.879-1978

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Record created	March 27, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O211392/mexico-wallpaper-armfield-diana-m/

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