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Textile Design

ca. 1900-1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
P. A. Staynes & A. T. Wolfe (manufacturer)
Arthur Wolfe (designer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Design for a wallpaper or a textile, showing a repeat pattern of formalized peonies; Watercolour on paper; Inscribed in ink on the back 55 Rossetti Mansions Cheyne Walk SW (crossed through) and The Heights Queens Rd Loughton Essex, numbered 1271 and stamped A. T. Wolfe Designer.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Textile design
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Paper
Water-Colour
Painting
Brief description
Design for a wallpaper or a textile, showing a repeat pattern of formalized peonies; Watercolour on paper; Designed by A. T. Wolfe; Produced by P. A. Staynes & A. T. Wolfe; England; ca. 1900-1905.
Physical description
Design for a wallpaper or a textile, showing a repeat pattern of formalized peonies; Watercolour on paper; Inscribed in ink on the back 55 Rossetti Mansions Cheyne Walk SW (crossed through) and The Heights Queens Rd Loughton Essex, numbered 1271 and stamped A. T. Wolfe Designer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • 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
  • 55 Rossetti Mansions Cheyne Walk SW (crossed through) and The Heights Queens Rd Loughton Essex (Inscribed in ink on the back.)
  • 1271 (Numbered)
  • A. T. Wolfe Designer (Stamped.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs D. M. Scott, daughter of the artist
Object history
Given by Mrs D. M. Scott, daughter of the artist.
Subjects depicted
Peonies
Flowers
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 London: HMSO, 1967
  • 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.300-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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