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Textile Design

1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
Allan Francis Vigers (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for a wallpaper or printed textile, with flowering horse chestnut, wisteria etc; Pencil and body colour, on paper; Signed and dated A F V 1901 and inscribed by the artist with notes.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Textile design
Materials and techniques
Pencil and body colour, on paper
Paper
Pencil
Body Colour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Allan Francis Vigers. Design for a textile or wallpaper with a wisteria and flowering horse chestnut design. British, 1901
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper or printed textile, with flowering horse chestnut, wisteria etc; Pencil and body colour, on paper; Signed and dated A F V 1901 and inscribed by the artist with notes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 80cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
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
Signed and dated A F V 1901 and inscribed by the artist with notes.
Credit line
Given by Miss Mary A. R. Vigers, daughter of the artist
Object history
Given by Miss Mary A. R. Vigers, daughter of the artist.
Subjects depicted
Floral Pattern
Horse Chestnut
Wisteria
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.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5514-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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