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Wallpaper

Wallpaper Design
1906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Allan, Cockshut & Co. (manufacturer)
Forrer, Karl Gustav (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portrait format portion of wallpaper with a woodland scene design.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Interiors
Object type
Wallpaper design
TitleWallpaper (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a woodland scene design; Design after Karl Gustav Forrer; Colour machine print, on paper; Produced by Allan, Cockshut & Co.; England; 1906.
Physical description
Portrait format portion of wallpaper with a woodland scene design.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 101.7cm
  • Portion width: 50.5cm
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.
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Woodland
Trees
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.
  • Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914. London, 1926.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1897-1934

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Record createdJune 2, 2009
Record URL
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