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Florian

Wallpaper
1963 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. (manufacturer)
Healey, Deryck (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of wallpaper with 'Florian' design, orange and black circles and lines with a (?)grey-purple ground; Hand-printed colour screen print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleFlorian (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-printed colour screen print, on paper
Paper
Colour Screen Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with 'Florian' design, orange and black circles and lines with a (?)grey-purple ground; Hand-printed colour screen print, on paper; Design by Dereck Healey; Produced by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.; England; 1963.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with 'Florian' design, orange and black circles and lines with a (?)grey-purple ground; Hand-printed colour screen print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 75cm
  • Portion width: 54.2cm
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
'FLORIAN' Hand-printed. / Designed by Dereck Healey for the / Wallpaper Manufacturers. / ENGLISH; 1963. / Given by the manufacturers. / Circ. 18-1964 (Lettered on paper label attached to bottom-left corner on front of design.)
Credit line
Given by Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subject depicted
Circles
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.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1963
Other number
C.22110 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.18-1964

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Record createdJune 4, 2009
Record URL
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