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Expansion

Wallpaper
1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper.

Object details

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Object type
TitleExpansion (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Design by Bent Karlby; Produced by Dahls Tapetfabrik, Copenhagen; Denmark; 1956.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with 'Expansion' design; An all-over pattern of outlines of ovoid shapes, in three overlapping layers of black, white and (?)grey, on a red ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.5cm
  • Width: 47cm
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 Dahls Tapetfabrik
Object history
Given by Dahls Tapetfabrik.
Subjects depicted
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
Accession number
E.896-1979

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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