Wallpaper
probably John Gregory Crace (London 1809 - Dulwich 1889)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1860 - 1869
Materials
Machine made paper, crimson distemper ground. Block printed indistemper in two colours. Lesser quality paper, thin and relatively short fibered. Analysis: Alizarin crimson ground ? Short fibred less good quality machine made paper. Cotton +esparto ?
Measurements
197 mm (H); 192 mm (H); 1800 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210775.2
Summary
Wallpaper Box 14. Border with design of fleur-de-lys in buff, edged in black. Background in cardinal-red. Possibly produced by Crace. c.1840-50. b-c - 2 rolls. (V&A description). c. 1860s - Stylised Fleur de Lys block printed border in yellow with black outline on crimson ground. (Allyson McDermott's description).
Provenance
Campaign of Decoration: 6th/ 7th Baronet 1860s. Original Location: First and second floor rooms, East Wing. In the style of Pugin, a design probably then developed by Crace for more commercial use. Many of these blocks were designed to be interchangeable and could be used with metals, flocks and distempers on a variety of grounds.
Makers and roles
probably John Gregory Crace (London 1809 - Dulwich 1889) , designer style of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (London 1812 - Ramsgate 1852), designer William Woollams, maker Hayward & Son , maker Scott Cuthbertson, maker