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Crescendo

Wallpaper
1968 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Sanderson-Rigg Ltd. Bridlington (manufacturer)
Cannon, Margaret (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Specimen of 'Crescendo', 'Primavera' or 'Ziggurat' 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.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Crescendo (manufacturer's title)
  • Primavera (manufacturer's title)
  • Ziggurat (manufacturer's title)
  • Palladio 8 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Silk screen print, on paper
Paper
Screen Printing
Brief description
Specimen of 'Crescendo', 'Primavera' or 'Ziggurat' wallpaper; Margaret Cannon; 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 'Crescendo', 'Primavera' or 'Ziggurat' 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 height: 50.8cm
  • Size of volume width: 50.8cm
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
(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.
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.
  • 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.5116-1968

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
Record URL
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