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Kelpie

Wallpaper
1976 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of 'Kelpie' vinyl wallpaper; Stylized flowers in purple, white and pale blue, with a grey ground; Screen print on paper.

Within Studio One, a pattern book containing 92 specimens (E.1034-1124-1979), including different colourways; each with title, artist's name, serial number etc printed on the back; the volume is interleaved with photographs of contemporary interiors; bound in cloth covered boards, with carrying handle and clip fastener.

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Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Kelpie (manufacturer's title)
  • Studio One (series title)
  • Vymura (series title)
Materials and techniques
printing
Brief description
Specimen of 'Kelpie' vinyl wallpaper; Stylized flowers in purple, white and pale blue, with a grey ground; Screen print on paper; Within 'Studio One', a pattern book containing 92 specimens (E.1034-1124-1979); Produced in the Vymura range by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division; England; 1976.
Physical description
Specimen of 'Kelpie' vinyl wallpaper; Stylized flowers in purple, white and pale blue, with a grey ground; Screen print on paper.

Within Studio One, a pattern book containing 92 specimens (E.1034-1124-1979), including different colourways; each with title, artist's name, serial number etc printed on the back; the volume is interleaved with photographs of contemporary interiors; bound in cloth covered boards, with carrying handle and clip fastener.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 60.5cm
  • Size of volume width: 50cm
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
(Title, artist's name, serial number etc printed on the back.)
Credit line
Given by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division
Object history
Given by ICI (Ltd) Paints Division.
Historical context
Winner of a Design Council Award, 1976.
Subject depicted
Associated object
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.
  • Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London, 2002. pp. 131. pl 117.
Collection
Accession number
E.1102-1979

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Record createdMay 26, 2009
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