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Wallpaper

1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Frederick Crace & Son (manufacturer)
Jones, Robert (designer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)
Royal Pavilion (paper hung)

Portion of wallpaper border, consisting of two sheets joined, with a bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 208.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper border, consisting of two sheets joined, with a bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp and 'First Account Taken 208'; 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, consisting of two sheets joined, with a bamboo design; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Stamped on the back with Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 208.
Dimensions
  • Height: 69.2cm
  • Width: 57.4cm
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 Excise duty stamp and First Account Taken 208.
Credit line
Given by the Brighton Corporation
Object history
Given by the Brighton Corporation.
Provenance: The Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Subject depicted
Bamboo
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.9846-1958

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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