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Corona Vitae

Wallpaper
1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Interiors
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleCorona Vitae (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Printing Ink
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Designed by Walter Crane; Colour print from wood blocks on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1890.
Physical description
Portion of 'Corona Vitae' wallpaper, a design featuring birds and winged (?)lions amongst scrolling foliage and acanthus leaves; two winged sphinxes face each other eitherside a fruit tree with a serpent wrapped around the trunk; Colour print from wood blocks on paper.
Marks and inscriptions
Vitae Corona (Lettered within design on 'banners'.)
Credit line
Given by Mr Emslie John Horniman
Object history
Given by Mr Emslie John Horniman.
Exhibited at the Fine Art Society, London, 1891 and illustrated in accompanying catalogue.
Subjects depicted
Acanthus
Sphinxes
Scrolling
Tree
Fruit
Lions
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.
  • Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4045-1915

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
Record URL
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