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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

20th C.

GUSN

GUSN-286813

Description

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

OEW166

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Nylander

Accession Number

2000.865

Date

20th C. (Based on an English design of 1860-1870.)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Screen Print

Form

Unused

Ground Color

Lavender

State

Repro

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

quatrefoils
lozenges
tiles

Period/Style

Moorish

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