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Print

1964 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)
Spender, (J.) Humphrey (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed)

This printed design for wallpaper has a pattern based on an expanded hexagon. The wallpaper manufacturers Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd produced this wallpaper in several colours, known in the industry as colourways. Humphrey Spender designed it when he was tutor in textile design at the Royal College of Art.

Object details

Category
Wall Coverings
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Screen print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Screen Print
Brief description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of joined hexagons in dark green on which there are dabs of gilding. These hexagons are printed onto a blue-grey ground. There are marks of dark green and gilding in the background spaces; Screen print on paper; Designed by (J.) Humphrey Spender; Produced by Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd.; England; 1964.
Physical description
Portion of wallpaper with a design of joined hexagons in dark green on which there are dabs of gilding. These hexagons are printed onto a blue-grey ground. There are marks of dark green and gilding in the background spaces; Screen print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 54cm
  • Portion width: 55.7cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Textual information; Along one side; printing; printing ink)
  • 'SANDERSON HAND PRINT' (Textual information; Along one side; printing; printing ink)
  • 'TRIM' and an upward pointing arrow. (Textual information; Along one side; printing; printing ink)
  • 'JOIN' and a downward pointing arrow. (Textual information; Along one side; printing; printing ink)
Subject depicted
Hexagons
Summary
This printed design for wallpaper has a pattern based on an expanded hexagon. The wallpaper manufacturers Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd produced this wallpaper in several colours, known in the industry as colourways. Humphrey Spender designed it when he was tutor in textile design at the Royal College of Art.
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: A History and Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sothebys in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. 421 p. ill. ISBN 0856670960.
  • Mulberg, Colin. A Teacher's Guide to Using the Print Room. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995. 4 p. ill. (V&A education series). ISBN 1851771557
  • Caplan, David ed. Designers in Britain., 1964, vol. 6, p.183, ill.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.956-1978

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Record createdNovember 11, 2003
Record URL
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