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Wallpaper

1881 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of a wallpaper frieze with a panelled design; one panel containing a rose wreath with two arrows crossing through it, another panel containing a winged child's head with rose flowers and foliage growing from a heart motif; Colour woodblock print on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of a wallpaper frieze with a panelled design; one panel containing a rose wreath with two arrows crossing through it, another panel containing a winged child's head with rose flowers and foliage growing from a heart motif; Designed by Walter Crane; Intended for use with the 'Briar Rose' wallpaper (E.5090-1919 and E.2783-1914); Colour woodblock print on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1881.
Physical description
Portion of a wallpaper frieze with a panelled design; one panel containing a rose wreath with two arrows crossing through it, another panel containing a winged child's head with rose flowers and foliage growing from a heart motif; Colour woodblock print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.7cm
  • Width: 56.5cm
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.
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
This frieze was intended for use with the 'Briar Rose' wallpaper (E.5090-1919 and E.2783-1914).
Subjects depicted
Panels (Ornament Areas)
Panels (Surface Components)
Briar Roses
Cherub-Head
Arrows
Wreath
Borders
Stylized Flowers
Heart (Motif)
Associated objects
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1869-1934

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
Record URL
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