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Artist/Maker	Sanderson-Rigg Ltd. Bridlington (manufacturer) McNish, Althea (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Specimen of 'Zircon' wallpaper; Silk screen print, on paper.

Within a pattern book containing 105 specimens (E.5084-5188-1968), including different colourways, each with designer's name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; bound in plastic-covered boards.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints Woman Artist Caribbean
Object type	Wallpaper
Titles	Zircon (manufacturer's title) Palladio 8 (series title)
Materials and techniques	Silk screen print, on paper Paper Screen Printing
Brief description	Specimen of 'Zircon' wallpaper; Design by Althea McNish; Silk screen print, on paper; Within a pattern book containing 105 specimens (E.5084-5188-1968); Produced by Sanderson-Rigg Ltd. Bridlington; England; 1968.
Physical description	Specimen of 'Zircon' wallpaper; Silk screen print, on paper. Within a pattern book containing 105 specimens (E.5084-5188-1968), including different colourways, each with designer's name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back; bound in plastic-covered boards.
Dimensions	Size of volume length: 504mm (Closed) Size of volume width: 504mm (closed) Whole album depth: 55mm (closed) Individual sheet height: 494mm Individual sheet width: 496mm Measured in Book Conservation measuring box. Individual wallpaper sample size approximately 500 x 500mm
Marks and inscriptions	(Designer’s name, name of pattern, serial number etc in letterpress on the back.)
Credit line	Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history	Given by 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. Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.5186-1968

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Record created	May 19, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O233622/zircon-wallpaper-mcnish-althea/

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