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Wallpaper

ca. 1878 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Talbert, Bruce James (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of sunflowers and dahlias; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, coloured by hand.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Scotland
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, coloured by hand
Pasteboard
Hand-Colouring
Embossing
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of sunflowers and dahlias; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, coloured by hand; Designed by Bruce James Talbert; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; ca. 1878.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a pattern of sunflowers and dahlias; Embossed pasteboard imitating leather, coloured by hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 55.9cm
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 Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
This paper was adapted from a similar paper designed by the artist which was exhibited at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1878 (see E.37-1945).
Subjects depicted
Sunflowers
Dahlias (Flowers)
Associated object
E.37-1945 (Source)
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 Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.8-1945

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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