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Object name(s):
Wallpaper
Brief description:
Wallpaper fragment with a floral design; Tempera on paper, mounted on original handwoven backing. The design is almost completely worn away.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Wall coverings
Associated concept:
Interiors
Associated concept:
Prints
Content - concept:
floral motifs
Credit line:
Given by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Scarborough
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT8962/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
61
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
45.8
Material:
tempera
Object history note:
This wallpaper originally hung in Lumley Castle, County Durham, and was given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by the Rt. Hon. Lord Scarborough. Its use pre-dates the restoration of the castle by Vanbrugh in 1721.
Object name:
Wallpaper
Object number:
E.2111-1924
Object production date:
ca. 1700
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1695-01-01
Date - latest:
1704-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
England
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Wallpaper fragment with a floral design; Tempera on paper, mounted on original handwoven backing. The design is almost completely worn away.
Reproduction number:
2008BT8962
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Technique:
stenciling
Technique:
Tempera on paper, mounted on original handwoven backing
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 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/69aceb7a-4706-30dd-920c-f71afd4f81e3

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/69aceb7a-4706-30dd-920c-f71afd4f81e3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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