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Areca

Wallpaper
1966-67 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for (or sample of) 'Areca' wallpaper.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Areca (assigned by artist)
  • Focus 2 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Design for (or sample of) 'Areca' wallpaper; Design by Donald Melbourne; For the pattern book 'Focus 2'; Produced by Shand Kydd Ltd.; England; 1966-67.
Physical description
Design for (or sample of) 'Areca' wallpaper.
Credit line
Given by Donald Melbourne (the artist)
Object history
Given by Donald Melbourne (the artist).
Associated objects
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.2039-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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