Lace
Wallpaper
ca. 1938-1939 (made)
ca. 1938-1939 (made)
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Portion of wallpaper with pattern of intertwined ribbons of lace on a lilac-coloured ground.
Object details
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| Title | Lace (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-printed in distemper from lino-blocks |
| Brief description | Wallpaper, 'Lace', ca.1938-9, by John Aldridge |
| Physical description | Portion of wallpaper with pattern of intertwined ribbons of lace on a lilac-coloured ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '20' [in a circle] 'Aldridge / Lace / Lilac (IJ)' (on the back of the sheet at the 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. |
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| Accession number | E.840-2000 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2000 |
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