The Golden Age

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

Portion of wall covering entitled 'The Golden Age'; Embossed pasteboard simulating leather, with coloured lacquer.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wall covering
Title	The Golden Age (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Embossed pasteboard simulating leather, with coloured lacquer Pasteboard Lacquer Embossing Lacquering
Brief description	Portion of wall covering entitled 'The Golden Age'; Designed by Walter Crane; Embossed pasteboard simulating leather, with coloured lacquer; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1887.
Physical description	Portion of wall covering entitled 'The Golden Age'; Embossed pasteboard simulating leather, with coloured lacquer.
Dimensions	Height: 89cm Width: 50.8cm 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 Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
Associated objects	E.1760-1914 (Version) E.22-1945 (Duplicate) E.20-1945 (Design) E.2319-1932 (Version)
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.21-1945

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Record created	April 14, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224432/the-golden-age-wall-covering-crane-walter/

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