Wallpaper
possibly Thomas Willement (London c.1786 - Faversham 1871)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1830 - 1840
Materials
Machine made paper. Yellow distemper ground, glazed in solvent based varnish with hand blocked flock. Chrome yellow / Indian Yellow ground. Original colour of flock may have been a yellow organic dyestuff, since faded. Either an Indian yellow or a chrome yellow ground with flock dyed using an organic dyestuff which may have faded (analysis may confirm likely date).
Measurements
573 mm (W)270 mm (D)
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Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210769.1
Summary
Reference Sample. Flock wallpaper, cream or banana flock on buttercup-yellow ground. Mounted on card under acetate. Note - background colour first identified 1798, manufactured in Germany, commercially available c.1818. There is a lot of discussion about varnished backgrounds. No sign of that here but any evidence of shiny backgrounds should be looked for. (V&A description). c.1830-40. Block printed buff flock on a glazed yellow ground. (Allyson McDermott's description).
Provenance
May originally been hung in the Yellow Bedroom. Hung on the wallface. Campaign of Decoration: 6th Baronet, Phase 1 c 1830/40. A finely printed example on a rich varnished yellow ground. This was obvously an important paper and may even have been designed by Thomas Willament.
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas Willement (London c.1786 - Faversham 1871), designer