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Laura Ashley Decorator Collection

Wallpaper
1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This wallpaper is typical of the pretty, traditional style associated with the Laura Ashley company. The first Laura Ashley wallpapers were modelled on original samples of 18th and 19th century wallpapers and fabrics in the V&A collection. The designer based this particular pattern on an 18th century silk fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLaura Ashley Decorator Collection (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour screenprint on paper
Brief description
Sample of wallpaper from the Laura Ashley Decorator Collection, with a design of undulating stems with leaves and berries, white against a blue ground; Colour screenprint on paper; © Laura Ashley Limited 2001; Great Britain; 1989.
Physical description
Sample of wallpaper from the Laura Ashley Decorator Collection, with a design of undulating stems with leaves and berries, white against a blue ground; Colour screenprint on paper.
Dimensions
  • Cut irregularly height: 37.4cm
  • Cut irregularly width: 21.5cm
Credit line
Given by Caroline Richardson of Laura Ashley Ltd. © Laura Ashley Limited 2001
Object history
Given by Caroline Richardson of Laura Ashley Ltd. © Laura Ashley Limited 2001.
This pattern was based on an 18th-century silk jacquard fabric.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This wallpaper is typical of the pretty, traditional style associated with the Laura Ashley company. The first Laura Ashley wallpapers were modelled on original samples of 18th and 19th century wallpapers and fabrics in the V&A collection. The designer based this particular pattern on an 18th century silk fabric.
Bibliographic reference
Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London, 2002. pp. 143. pl 129.
Collection
Accession number
E.1219-1989

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Record createdMarch 3, 2003
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