Laura Ashley Decorator Collection
Wallpaper
1989 (made)
1989 (made)
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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
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| Title | Laura 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.1219-1989 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2003 |
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