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Wallpaper
1964-65 (manufactured)
1964-65 (manufactured)
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Specimen of 'Festival' wallpaper, a design featuring circles, squares and rectangles in varying shades of white and (?)green; Printed from rubber rollers on a Heidemann ink embossing machine, on paper; Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back.
Within a pattern book containing 187 specimens, including different colourways; a few sheets interleaved with photographs of the papers in contemporary settings; bound in boards, with a design by John Griffiths on the front cover.
Within a pattern book containing 187 specimens, including different colourways; a few sheets interleaved with photographs of the papers in contemporary settings; bound in boards, with a design by John Griffiths on the front cover.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour print on paper |
| Brief description | Specimen of 'Festival' wallpaper, a design featuring circles, squares and rectangles in varying shades of white and (?)green; Printed from rubber rollers on a Heidemann ink embossing machine, this is probably the first flexographic paper printed in England; Design by Donald Melbourne; Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; Within a pattern book containing 187 specimens (E.1532-1718-1980); Produced by Shand Kydd Ltd.; England; 1964-65. |
| Physical description | Specimen of 'Festival' wallpaper, a design featuring circles, squares and rectangles in varying shades of white and (?)green; Printed from rubber rollers on a Heidemann ink embossing machine, on paper; Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back. Within a pattern book containing 187 specimens, including different colourways; a few sheets interleaved with photographs of the papers in contemporary settings; bound in boards, with a design by John Griffiths on the front cover. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back.) |
| Credit line | Given by Shand Kydd Ltd |
| Object history | Given by Shand Kydd Ltd. |
| Historical context | Printed from rubber rollers on a Heidemann ink embossing machine, this is probably the first flexographic paper printed in this country (reproduced in F. Lewis, Best Designs versus Best Seller, 1965, fig 66). |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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. |
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| Accession number | E.1580-1980 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2009 |
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