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Shibui

Wallpaper
1976 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
ICI Ltd (Paints Division) (manufacturer)
Faulkner, Sue (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Specimen of 'Shibui', 'Satsuma' or 'Saki' vinyl wallpaper; 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.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Design Council Award Winner
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Shibui (manufacturer's title)
  • Satsuma (manufacturer's title)
  • Saki (manufacturer's title)
  • Studio One (series title)
  • Vymura (series title)
Materials and techniques
printing
Printing Ink
Paper
Screen Print
Printing
Brief description
Specimen of 'Shibui', 'Satsuma' or 'Saki' vinyl wallpaper; Design by Sue Faulkner; 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 'Shibui', 'Satsuma' or 'Saki' vinyl wallpaper; 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.
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.
Associated objects
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1110-1979

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Record createdMay 27, 2009
Record URL
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