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Wallpaper

1877 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jeffrey & Co. (manufacturer)
Talbert, Bruce James (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Panel of wallpaper with a frieze of apples and butterflies at the top and a filling of bay leaf; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Scotland
Object type
Wallpaper
Materials and techniques
Colour woodblock print, on paper
Paper
Colour Woodblock Print
Brief description
Panel of wallpaper with a frieze of apples and butterflies at the top and a filling of bay leaf; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Designed by Bruce James Talbert; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England; 1877.
Physical description
Panel of wallpaper with a frieze of apples and butterflies at the top and a filling of bay leaf; Colour woodblock print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 529mm
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Apples
Butterflies
Associated object
E.1842-1934 (Part)
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.
  • 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 & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1855-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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