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Christliche Seefahrt

Wallpaper
ca. 1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rasch & Co. (manufacturer)
May, Maria (designer)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Length of 'Christliche Seefahrt' wallpaper, depicting sailing ships from a variety of angles, annotated with names and (?)dates, white on red; Machine print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Maritime
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleChristliche Seefahrt (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Machine print, on paper
Paper
Machine Print
Brief description
Length of 'Christliche Seefahrt' wallpaper, depicting sailing ships from a variety of angles, annotated with names and (?)dates, white on red; Machine print, on paper; Design by Maria May; Produced by Rasch & Co., Bramsche; Germany; ca. 1955.
Physical description
Length of 'Christliche Seefahrt' wallpaper, depicting sailing ships from a variety of angles, annotated with names and (?)dates, white on red; Machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Length height: 267.5cm
  • Length width: 53.9cm
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
  • 'CHRISTINE SEEFART'. Designed by / Maria May for Rasch & Co. GERMAN; / 1954. Given by the manufacturers. / C.20203. (Lettered on a paper label attached to the lower-left corner of design.)
  • LENT BY THE / VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (Lettered on a paper label attached to the lower-right corner of design.)
  • Annotated with various ship-names and (?)dates as part of design, e.g. Santa-Maria 1500
Credit line
Given by Dr Emil Rasch
Object history
Given by Dr Emil Rasch.
Subject depicted
Sailing Ships
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.969-1978

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O248280/christliche-seefahrt-wallpaper-may-maria/
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