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Object name(s):
Wallpaper
Brief description:
Fragment of wallpaper or lining paper taken from a chest of drawers. Design represents the sun surrounded by Tudor roses, with winged cherubs and flowers; Woodblock print, on paper.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Prints
Associated concept:
Wall coverings
Content - concept:
Tudor roses
Content - concept:
putti
Content - concept:
flowers (plants)
Credit line:
Given by Olive Baker
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT5038/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
14.6
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
47.6
Material:
paper
Object name:
Wallpaper
Object number:
E.155-1933
Object production date:
ca.1650
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1645-01-01
Date - latest:
1654-12-31
Object production note:
Fragment of paper previously used to line a chest of drawers.
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
England
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Fragment of wallpaper or lining paper taken from a chest of drawers. Design represents the sun surrounded by Tudor roses, with winged cherubs and flowers; Woodblock print, on paper.
Reproduction number:
2008BT5038
Reproduction number:
2017JW5327
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Technique:
woodblock print
Technique:
Woodblock print, on paper
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
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.
User's reference:
Reference:
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1933, London: Printed under the Authority of the Board of Education 1934

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/55efe36b-059a-3eef-be17-6881c667dc55

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/55efe36b-059a-3eef-be17-6881c667dc55, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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