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The Cedar Tree

Wallpaper
ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)
Stahl, Louis (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Length of 'The Cedar Tree' wallpaper, colour repeat pattern of a peacock, with out-stretched tail, perched in the branches of a blossoming tree; Colour (woodblock?) print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleThe Cedar Tree (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour (woodblock?) print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Length of 'The Cedar Tree' wallpaper, colour repeat pattern of a peacock, with out-stretched tail, perched in the branches of a blossoming tree; Colour (woodblock?) print, on paper; Designed by Louis Stahl; Manufactured by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; English; ca. 1910.
Physical description
Length of 'The Cedar Tree' wallpaper, colour repeat pattern of a peacock, with out-stretched tail, perched in the branches of a blossoming tree; Colour (woodblock?) print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 193.1cm
  • Width: 52.1cm
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.
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry Butler
Object history
Given by Mr Henry Butler.
Manchester Art Gallery also hold two versions of this paper (Accession Numbers: 1934.22/13i and 1934.22/13iia).
Subjects depicted
Peacock
Blossom
Branches (Tree)
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2762-1914

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O712494/the-cedar-tree-wallpaper-stahl-louis/
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