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Wallpaper Design

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Fletcher, F. W. H. (designer)

Wallpaper frieze with a pattern of peonies; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, lacquered by hand; Inscribed in ink on the back No. 1 Lacquer. Blocked all over then painted with Crimson Lake, Raw Sienna & Prussian Blue. Duplicate of Pattn. sent to George, New York 19/1/81.


Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques
Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, lacquered by hand
Pasteboard
Embossing
Lacquering
Brief description
Wallpaper frieze with a pattern of peonies; Design by F. W. H. Fletcher; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, lacquered by hand; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1880.
Physical description
Wallpaper frieze with a pattern of peonies; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, lacquered by hand; Inscribed in ink on the back No. 1 Lacquer. Blocked all over then painted with Crimson Lake, Raw Sienna & Prussian Blue. Duplicate of Pattn. sent to George, New York 19/1/81.
Dimensions
  • Height: 65.4cm
  • Width: 57.8cm
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
No. 1 Lacquer. Blocked all over then painted with Crimson Lake, Raw Sienna & Prussian Blue. Duplicate of Pattn. sent to George, New York 19/1/81 (Inscribed in ink on the back.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
Subject depicted
Peonies
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 and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.10-1945

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Record createdJune 2, 2009
Record URL
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