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Colonnade

Wallpaper
1956 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. (printer)
Nicholson, Robert (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of 'Colonnade' wallpaper, horizontal bands of colonnades, with arches of varying sizes and styles, in dark-green, (?)grey and cream; Colour screen print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Titles
  • Colonnade (manufacturer's title)
  • Palladio 1 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print, on paper
Paper
Colour Screen Print
Brief description
Portion of 'Colonnade' wallpaper, horizontal bands of colonnades, with arches of varying sizes and styles, in dark-green, (?)grey and cream; Colour screen print, on paper; Designed by Robert Nicholson; Produced by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. as part of their 'Palladio 1' range; England; 1956.
Physical description
Portion of 'Colonnade' wallpaper, horizontal bands of colonnades, with arches of varying sizes and styles, in dark-green, (?)grey and cream; Colour screen print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 74.8cm
  • Portion width: 52.9cm
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
COLONNADE. Hand-printed wallpaper / designed by Roger [amended in pencil to Robert] Nicholson for the / 'Palladio' range of the Wall Paper / Manufacturers Ltd. ENGLISH; 1957. / Given by the manufacturers. / C.21134. (Lettered on a paper label, attached to the front of the paper.)
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subject depicted
Colonnades
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.573-1966

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Record createdJune 26, 2009
Record URL
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