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Sienna

Wallpaper
ca.1887 - ca.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Day, Lewis Foreman (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'Sienna' wallpaper, an all-over pattern of scrolling foliage with stylized flowers, with some areas of the design filled with dots, in yellow and green on a white ground; Colour machine print on paper; Back of the sheet lettered with title, manufacturers' serial numbers and price; In a volume with cover designed by the artist and lettered Low-price Wallpapers for Staircase Decoration designed by Lewis F. Da[y] manufactured by Jeffrey & Co. 64, Essex Road Islington London N.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Sienna (manufacturer's title)
  • Low-price Wallpapers for Staircase Decoration designed by Lewis F. Day (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Portion of 'Sienna' wallpaper, an all-over pattern of scrolling foliage with stylized flowers, with some areas of the design filled with dots, in yellow and green on a white ground; Designed by Lewis Foreman Day; Colour machine print on paper; In a volume titled 'Low-price Wallpapers for Staircase Decoration designed by Lewis F. Day', containing 112 portions (E.23086-23195, 23086A, 23090A-1957) of wallpapers, dadoes, friezes and borders; Manufactured by Jeffrey & Co.; England; ca.1887 - ca.1900.
Physical description
Portion of 'Sienna' wallpaper, an all-over pattern of scrolling foliage with stylized flowers, with some areas of the design filled with dots, in yellow and green on a white ground; Colour machine print on paper; Back of the sheet lettered with title, manufacturers' serial numbers and price; In a volume with cover designed by the artist and lettered Low-price Wallpapers for Staircase Decoration designed by Lewis F. Da[y] manufactured by Jeffrey & Co. 64, Essex Road Islington London N.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 57.7cm
  • Size of volume width: 41.3cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
(Back of the sheet lettered with title, manufacturers' serial numbers and price.)
Credit line
Given by Turnbull & Stockdale Ltd
Object history
Given by Turnbull & Stockdale Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Scrolling Foliage
Stylized Flowers
Acanthus
Dots
Associated object
E.23159-1957 (Colourway)
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.
  • Magazine of Art, 1892.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.23158-1957

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Record createdApril 24, 2009
Record URL
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