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Wallpaper

1954 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of wallpaper with a design of small globes within vertical bars, in white on grey; Colour machine print, on a lightly embossed ground.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on a lightly embossed ground
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of small globes within vertical bars, in white on grey; Colour machine print, on a lightly embossed ground; Designed by Robert Nicholson; Produced by the Crown Branch of the Wallpaper Manufacturers; England; 1954.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of small globes within vertical bars, in white on grey; Colour machine print, on a lightly embossed ground.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 78.5cm
  • Portion width: 55.5cm
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
CROWN MADE IN ENGLAND (Lettered twice along both selvages.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
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.
Other number
C.21130 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
E.986-1978

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Record createdJune 26, 2009
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