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Wallpaper

1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Crane, Walter (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Design for a wallpaper showing a design of crowns and bay; Probably intended as an alternative for use with the 'Classic' pilaster and frieze (E.5039-1919 and E.5135, 5136-1919); Tempera on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Designs
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Tempera on paper
Paper
Tempera
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper showing a design of crowns and bay; Probably intended as an alternative for use with the 'Classic' pilaster and frieze (E.5039-1919 and E.5135, 5136-1919); Designed by Walter Crane; Tempera on paper; England; 1910.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper showing a design of crowns and bay; Probably intended as an alternative for use with the 'Classic' pilaster and frieze (E.5039-1919 and E.5135, 5136-1919); Tempera on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.2cm
  • Width: 55.6cm
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.
Style
Arts and Crafts
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
1910

Note
Signed with the artist's emblem and dated.
Object history
This wallpaper design was probably intended as an alternative for use with the 'Classic' pilaster and frieze (E.5039-1919 and E.5135, 5136-1919).
Production
Signed with the artist's emblem and dated 1910.
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5038-1919

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Record createdApril 21, 2009
Record URL
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