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Furuskallen

Wallpaper
1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimen of wallpaper with 'Furuskallen' design; Colour machine print, on paper.

Within Land, a pattern book containing 53 specimens (E.1482-1534-1977), including different colourways, reproducing earlier designs; each stamped on the back with manufacturer's name, serial number and measurement; the papers shown in photographs of contemporary interiors interleaved throughout the volume; bound in boards, with plastic spine.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Furuskallen (manufacturer's title)
  • Land (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with 'Furuskallen' design; Colour machine print, on paper; Within 'Land', a pattern book containing 53 specimens (E.1483-1534-1977); Produced by Duro; Sweden; 1977.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with 'Furuskallen' design; Colour machine print, on paper.

Within Land, a pattern book containing 53 specimens (E.1482-1534-1977), including different colourways, reproducing earlier designs; each stamped on the back with manufacturer's name, serial number and measurement; the papers shown in photographs of contemporary interiors interleaved throughout the volume; bound in boards, with plastic spine.
Dimensions
  • Size of volume height: 34.2cm
  • Size of volume width: 24.5cm
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
(Stamped on the back with manufacturer's name, serial number and measurement.)
Credit line
Given by Duro
Object history
Given by Duro.

The volume is prefaced with a foreword on the collection, which was a result of a nation-wide appeal for specimens of old Swedish wallpaper.
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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.
Collection
Accession number
E.1519-1977

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Record createdJune 1, 2009
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