- 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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