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C-stripe

Wallpaper
1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of vertical strings of geometrical shapes, in brown on white; Machine print, on a lightly embossed ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleC-stripe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Machine print, on a lightly embossed ground
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of vertical strings of geometrical shapes, in brown on white; Designed by Lucienne Day; Machine print, on a lightly embossed ground; Produced by the Crown Branch of the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.; England; 1954.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of vertical strings of geometrical shapes, in brown on white; Machine print, on a lightly embossed ground.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 66.7cm
  • Portion width: 55.5cm
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.
Marks and inscriptions
CROWN TRIM MADE IN ENGLAND CROWN / CROWN MADE IN ENGLAND TRIM CROWN (Lettered in selvages.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
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.
  • Entwisle, E. A. A Literary History of Wallpaper. London, 1960.
Collection
Accession number
E.953-1978

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Record createdApril 28, 2009
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