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Wallpaper Design

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

Design for a ceiling paper that features squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a ground featuring circular motifs olive branch motifs.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Paper
Gouache
Brief description
Design for a ceiling paper (E.5115-1919) that features squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a ground featuring circular motifs olive branch motifs; designed by Walter Crane; gouache on paper, England, 1876.
Physical description
Design for a ceiling paper that features squares containing a dove with a olive branch and suns, on a ground featuring circular motifs olive branch motifs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52.7cm
  • 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.
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed with the artist's monogram)
Credit line
Given by the Guildhall Library
Subjects depicted
Doves
Olive Branch
Associated object
E.5115-1919 (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 & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.642-1952

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
Record URL
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