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Wallpaper Design

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

Design for a wallpaper frieze (E.1886-1934) that features two doves eitherside a container of marguerites and a foliate festoon; Body colour on paper.

Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques
Body colour on paper
Paper
Body Colour
Painting
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper frieze (E.1886-1934) that features two doves eitherside a container of marguerites and a foliate festoon; Designed by Walter Crane; Body colour on paper; England; 1876.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper frieze (E.1886-1934) that features two doves eitherside a container of marguerites and a foliate festoon; Body colour on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.7cm
  • Width: 53.4cm
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.
Production typeDesign
Credit line
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
This paper, for which this is a design for, was intended as an alternative to the 'Alcestis' frieze (E.4034-1915), for use with 'La Margarete' (E.18-1945).
Subjects depicted
Doves
Daisies
Vase
Festoon
Scrolling Foliage
Ribbon
Associated object
E.1886-1934 (Object)
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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.19-1945

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
Record URL
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