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The Arboreal Decoration

Wallpaper
1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Essex & Co. (manufacturer)
Townsend, Charles Harrison (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Panel of 'The Arboreal Decoration' wallpaper, depicting a tree on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Wall Coverings
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleThe Arboreal Decoration (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Paper
Colour Machine Print
Brief description
Panel of 'The Arboreal Decoration' wallpaper, depicting a tree on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by Charles Harrison Townsend; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; 1897.
Physical description
Panel of 'The Arboreal Decoration' wallpaper, depicting a tree on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 148cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
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 the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
This paper was designed for the drawing room of a house called 'Cliff Towers', built by Townsend near Salcombe, Devon.
Production
This paper was designed for the drawing room of a house called 'Cliff Towers', built by Townsend near Salcombe, Devon.
Subject depicted
Tree
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 & 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.1828-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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