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Seaweed

Wallpaper
ca. 1955 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of 'Seaweed' wallpaper, a pattern of a variety of foliage in shades of green, with blue flowers, and two large undulating yellow stems, on a dark-blue ground covered with blue dots; Print on paper.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSeaweed (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Brief description
Portion of 'Seaweed' wallpaper, a pattern of a variety of foliage in shades of green, with blue flowers, and two large undulating yellow stems, on a dark-blue ground covered with blue dots; Print on paper; Designed by John Henry Dearle; Produced by Morris & Co.; Reprinted by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; ca. 1955.
Physical description
Portion of 'Seaweed' wallpaper, a pattern of a variety of foliage in shades of green, with blue flowers, and two large undulating yellow stems, on a dark-blue ground covered with blue dots; Print on paper.
Style
Production
This is paper is one of a number of reprints of Morris & Co. designs produced by Arthur Sanderson & Son Ltd. ca. 1955 (E.1401-1432-1979).
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.2756-1980 (Version)
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.1418-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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