Trellis
Wallpaper
ca. 1938-1939 (made)
ca. 1938-1939 (made)
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A portion of wallpaper with a diamond lattice pattern with climbing plants at each edge of the sheet.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Trellis (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour print from lino blocks |
| Brief description | Wallpaper, 'Trellis' ca. 1938-9, by Edward Bawden |
| Physical description | A portion of wallpaper with a diamond lattice pattern with climbing plants at each edge of the sheet. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '8' [in a circle] [twice] 'Bawden 'Trellis' Stone Ground (IJ)' (Textual information; on the back of the sheet at outer edge; handwriting; pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by Ian E. Tregarthen Jenkin and Dr E. A. O. Whiteman |
| Object history | This is one of a group of wallpapers by John Aldridge and Edward Bawden which remained at Place House, Great Bardfield, Essex at the time of John Aldridge's death and which were bequeathed by him to Dr. E.A.O. Whiteman and Ian Tregarthen Jenkin. The papers were divided up and given to three institutions: the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture at the University of Middlesex, and the V&A. |
| Production | This pattern is sometimes known as 'Periwinkle' after the flowers in the vertical borders. |
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| Bibliographic reference | A Popular Art: British Wallpapers 1930-1960. Middlesex Polytechnic, 1990 (exhibition catalogue), p.61-2 (no.77) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.838-2000 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2000 |
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