Cirque
Page in Wallpaper Pattern Book
ca.1928
ca.1928
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Wallpaper manufacturers and decorating firms have published pattern books showing rooms decorated with specific wallpapers and matching furnishings since the late 19th century. This proposal for a decorative scheme for a nursery shows a simple floral stripe wallpaper with a design of circus performers as a pictorial frieze.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour line block, letterpess and half-tone |
| Brief description | Cirque. Page from 'Decor', a pattern book illustratign wallpapers in domestic interiors, Paris, c.1928 |
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| Summary | Wallpaper manufacturers and decorating firms have published pattern books showing rooms decorated with specific wallpapers and matching furnishings since the late 19th century. This proposal for a decorative scheme for a nursery shows a simple floral stripe wallpaper with a design of circus performers as a pictorial frieze. |
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| Accession number | E.2021:42-1990 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2003 |
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