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Wallpaper

1876 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Crane, Walter (R.W.S.) (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of ceiling paper with a design of yellow and white squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a pale ground featuring green circular motifs and olive branch motifs; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour prints from wood blocks, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of ceiling paper with a design of yellow and white squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a pale ground featuring green circular motifs and olive branch motifs; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1876.
Physical description
Portion of ceiling paper with a design of yellow and white squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a pale ground featuring green circular motifs and olive branch motifs; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 71.1cm
  • 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.
Object history
This ceiling paper was intended for use with 'La Margarete' (E.18-1945).
Subjects depicted
Doves
Olive Branch
Suns
Squares (Geometric Figures)
Frames (Ornament Areas)
Associated object
E.642-1952 (Design)
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.
  • Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5115-1919

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
Record URL
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