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Wallpaper

1877 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper dado depicting bullrushes and irises with yellow flowers, on a gold ground, the design between two borders, the lower of which is a scale pattern; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper dado depicting bullrushes and irises with yellow flowers, on a gold ground, the design between two borders, the lower of which is a scale pattern; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1877.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper dado depicting bullrushes and irises with yellow flowers, on a gold ground, the design between two borders, the lower of which is a scale pattern; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 38.8cm
  • Portion width: 55.8cm
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.
Credit line
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.

This dado was intended for use either alone or jointly with the 'Swan, Rush and Iris' dado (E.5124, 5125-1919) intended to accompany the 'Iris and Kingfisher' wallpaper (E.4035-1915).
Subjects depicted
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.
  • 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 Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.1849-1934

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Record createdApril 2, 2009
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