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Koh-i-Noor

Wallpaper Design
1968 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for 'Koh-i-Noor' wallpaper, geometric pattern of green squares with red inlay, on a white ground; Paint on paper; Annotated with working notes in pencil and ink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKoh-i-Noor (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Paint on paper
Brief description
Design for 'Koh-i-Noor' wallpaper, geometric pattern of green squares with red inlay, on a white ground; Paint on paper; Annotated with working notes in pencil and ink; Paint on paper; Antony Little; Design produced by Osborne & Little Ltd; England; 1968.
Physical description
Design for 'Koh-i-Noor' wallpaper, geometric pattern of green squares with red inlay, on a white ground; Paint on paper; Annotated with working notes in pencil and ink.
Marks and inscriptions
(Annotated with various working notes in pencil and ink.)
Credit line
Given by Osborne & Little Ltd
Object history
Given by Osborne & Little Ltd.
Historical context
Winner of a Council of Industrial Design Award, 1970.
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.856-1978

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
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