Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

20th c.

GUSN

GUSN-287208

Description

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Sweet Briar" pattern with an all-over design of entwined flowering briar vines. Block printed in teal, blue-green, mauve, pink and taupe on a white ground.
Based on a Morris & Company block print paper from 1911 designed by John Henry Dearle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Wallpaper

Pattern No.

482

Maker

Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)
Dearle, J. H. (Designer)
William Morris & Co. (Designer)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Nylander

Accession Number

2000.973

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Unused

Ground Color

White

State

Repro

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Period/Style

Aesthetic

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