Wallpaper
1820 (made)
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Portion of wallpaper border a with vertical bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Excise duty stamps.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour woodblock print, on paper |
| Brief description | Portion of wallpaper border with a vertical bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Design possibly by Robert Jones; Probably produced by Crace & Sons; Intended to be hung in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; England; 1820. |
| Physical description | Portion of wallpaper border a with vertical bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with the Excise duty stamps. |
| Credit line | Given by the Brighton Corporation |
| Object history | Given by the Brighton Corporation. Provenance: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Robert Jones collaborated with Frederick Crace in the work on the interior of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. This border (and E.9840-9844-1958, E.9846-1958 and E.9847-9850-1958) was intended for rooms on the upper floor of the Pavilion, which include the Duke of York's and the Duke of Clarence's bedrooms and the lobbies of them, all on the east side, the King's old bedroom on the south-east and the west bedrooms. |
| Production | Another piece of thisdesign (E.9841) is Circ.3-1959, which is stamped on the back with the First Account Taken duty stamp and number 220. This paper was intended for rooms on the upper floor of the Pavilion, which include the Duke of York's and the Duke of Clarence's bedrooms and the lobbies to them, all on the east side, the King's old bedroom on the south-east and the west bedrooms. |
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| Associated object | CIRC.3-1959 (Duplicate) |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.9841-1958 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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