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Sugar and Spice

Wallpaper
ca. 1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shand Kydd Ltd. (printer)
Rhodes, Jenny (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Design for 'Sugar and Spice' wallpaper; Pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with chinese white, on paper; Inscribed on the mount with title, colour key, note and measurement; with the designer's stamp on the back.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Designs
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleSugar and Spice (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with chinese white, on paper
Paper
Ink
Watercolour
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Design for 'Sugar and Spice' wallpaper; Pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with chinese white, on paper; Inscribed on the mount with title, colour key, note and measurement; with the designer's stamp on the back; Designed by Jenny Rhodes; Produced by Shand Kydd Ltd.; England; ca. 1976.
Physical description
Design for 'Sugar and Spice' wallpaper; Pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with chinese white, on paper; Inscribed on the mount with title, colour key, note and measurement; with the designer's stamp on the back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.3cm
  • Width: 31cm
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
Inscribed on the mount with title, colour key, note and measurement; with the designer's stamp on the back.
Credit line
Given by Shand Kydd Ltd
Object history
'Sugar and Spice' by Jenny Rhodes was originally designed for Cavendish Textiles Ltd. to produce furnishing fabric.

Given by Shand Kydd Ltd.
Association
Cavendish Textiles Ltd
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2732-1980

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
Record URL
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