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Wallpaper

ca. 1848-50 (designed)
Artist/Maker
A.W.N. Pugin (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Length of wallpaper with a design of an heraldic leopard and two Tudor roses within roundels against a background of conventionalized foliage and pineapples; Wood block print and gold flock, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Heraldry
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Wood block print and gold flock, on paper
Paper
Flock
Woodblock Print
Flocking
Brief description
Length of wallpaper with a design of an heraldic leopard and two Tudor roses within roundels against a background of conventionalized foliage and pineapples; Wood block print and gold flock, on paper; Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin; Later printing, from the original blocks, of a paper made by Samuel Scott for J. G. Crace and used in the decoration of the Houses of Parliament; England; ca. 1848-50.
Physical description
Length of wallpaper with a design of an heraldic leopard and two Tudor roses within roundels against a background of conventionalized foliage and pineapples; Wood block print and gold flock, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 154.8cm
  • Design width: 55.2cm
  • Sheet width: 573mm
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.
Credit line
Given by Cole & Son Wallpapers Ltd
Object history
Given by Cole & Son Wallpapers Ltd.
This is a later printing, from the original blocks, of a paper made by Samuel Scott for J. G. Crace and used in the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.
This example paper was shown in the Exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1952.
Production
This is a later printing, from the original blocks, of a paper made by Samuel Scott for J. G. Crace and used in the decoration of the Houses of Parliament
Subjects depicted
Leopard
Tudor Roses
Roundels
Leaves (Plant Materials)
Pineapples
Association
Palace of Westminster
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 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
  • Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1705-1953

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
Record URL
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