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Wallpaper

1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vallo Tapetfabrik (manufacturer)
Sundberg, Folke (designer)
Place of origin
Norway (made)

Specimen of wallpaper with a lattice pattern in grey on a blue ground; Colour machine print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Specimen of wallpaper with a lattice pattern in grey on a blue ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by Folke Sundberg; Produced by Vallo Tapetfabrik, Vallo; Norway; 1956.
Physical description
Specimen of wallpaper with a lattice pattern in grey on a blue ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.9cm
  • Width: 54.2cm
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
  • LENT BY THE / VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (Lettered on paper label attached to front of paper.)
  • MACHINE PRINTED WALLPAPER manufactured by / Vallo Tapetfabrik. NORWEGIAN; 1956. / Given by the manufacturers. C.21259 (Lettered on paper label attached to front of paper.)
Credit line
Given by Vallo Tapetfabrik
Subjects depicted
Lattices
All-Over Pattern
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 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Other number
C.21259 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.580-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O695698/wallpaper-sundberg-folke/
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