No.19 in 'The Decorative Use of Wallpaper'
Print
ca. 1910 (published)
ca. 1910 (published)
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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. Here a bathroom is decorated with a so-called 'sanitary' paper, that is, a wallpaper designed to be washable. In this instance the paper imitates glazed brickwork. The ceiling border is Anaglypta, a popular kind of embossed wall-covering of the period, often used to imitate plaster mouldings, cornices and similar features.
Object details
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| Title | No.19 in 'The Decorative Use of Wallpaper' (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour half-tone |
| Brief description | Page showing decorative scheme for a bathroom in The Decorative Use of Wallpapers, c.1910 |
| Physical description | Wallpaper sample |
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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. Here a bathroom is decorated with a so-called 'sanitary' paper, that is, a wallpaper designed to be washable. In this instance the paper imitates glazed brickwork. The ceiling border is Anaglypta, a popular kind of embossed wall-covering of the period, often used to imitate plaster mouldings, cornices and similar features. |
| Bibliographic reference | Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 129. pl 115. |
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| Accession number | E.2017:78-1990 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2003 |
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