Flaming Tulip
Wallpaper
ca. 1901 (made)
ca. 1901 (made)
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The fashionable Art Nouveau style is used here for a washable wallpaper. They were known as sanitary papers and were first produced in the 1870s. They were printed with oil-based colours instead of the water-soluble pigments that had previously been used in wallpaper manufacture. This meant that they could be washed to remove dirty surface marks. Often sanitary papers were varnished to make them even more hard-wearing.
Sanitary papers were usually hung in kitchens, sculleries, stairwells, passages and hallways. Most consisted of pictorial patterns (see E.1943-1952). Some were designed to imitate other washable surfaces, such as marble, mosaics or ceramic tiles. This sanitary paper was designed in a fashionable style for the more expensive end of the market. Such examples are relatively rare. Wylie & Lochhead, a wallpaper manufacturing company based in Glasgow, employed Arthur L. Gwatkin as an ‘in-house’ designer.
Sanitary papers were usually hung in kitchens, sculleries, stairwells, passages and hallways. Most consisted of pictorial patterns (see E.1943-1952). Some were designed to imitate other washable surfaces, such as marble, mosaics or ceramic tiles. This sanitary paper was designed in a fashionable style for the more expensive end of the market. Such examples are relatively rare. Wylie & Lochhead, a wallpaper manufacturing company based in Glasgow, employed Arthur L. Gwatkin as an ‘in-house’ designer.
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| Materials and techniques | Machine colour print from engraved rollers, on paper |
| Brief description | Portion of 'sanitary' wallpaper with 'Flaming Tulip' design, stylised tulip flowers and foliage in shades of red and (?)brown, on a pale ground; Machine colour print from engraved rollers, on paper; Design by Arthur Gwatkin; Produced by Wyllie & Lochhead Ltd.; Great Britain; ca. 1901. |
| Physical description | Portion of 'sanitary' wallpaper with 'Flaming Tulip' design, stylised tulip flowers and foliage in shades of red and (?)brown, on a pale ground; Machine colour print from engraved rollers, on paper. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Mary Peerless |
| Object history | Given by Miss Mary Peerless. |
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| Summary | The fashionable Art Nouveau style is used here for a washable wallpaper. They were known as sanitary papers and were first produced in the 1870s. They were printed with oil-based colours instead of the water-soluble pigments that had previously been used in wallpaper manufacture. This meant that they could be washed to remove dirty surface marks. Often sanitary papers were varnished to make them even more hard-wearing. Sanitary papers were usually hung in kitchens, sculleries, stairwells, passages and hallways. Most consisted of pictorial patterns (see E.1943-1952). Some were designed to imitate other washable surfaces, such as marble, mosaics or ceramic tiles. This sanitary paper was designed in a fashionable style for the more expensive end of the market. Such examples are relatively rare. Wylie & Lochhead, a wallpaper manufacturing company based in Glasgow, employed Arthur L. Gwatkin as an ‘in-house’ designer. |
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| Accession number | E.467-1967 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2003 |
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