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Toccata

Wallpaper
ca. 1952 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of 'Toccata' wallpaper, a design of black and white squares on a pale-brown ground; Colour screen print, on paper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Toccata (manufacturer's title)
  • Palladio (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of 'Toccata' wallpaper, a design of black and white squares on a pale-brown ground; Colour screen print, on paper; Design by Peter Shuttleworth; Produced by the Lightbown Aspinall branch of the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. as one of their 'Palladio' range; England; ca. 1952.
Physical description
Portion of 'Toccata' wallpaper, a design of black and white squares on a pale-brown ground; Colour screen print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 73cm
  • Portion width: 56cm
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
PALLADIO MADE IN ENGLAND / MADE IN ENGLAND (Lettered along both selvages, in white.)
Subject 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.
Collection
Accession number
E.958-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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