Wallpaper
probably John Gregory Crace (London 1809 - Dulwich 1889)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1860 - 1869
Materials
Machine-made paper substrate hand grounded in crimson distemper. Block printed in yellow ochre distemper with a black outline, probably printed with a block inlaid with metal strips. Lesser quality paper, possibly a mix of cotton and esparto grass or similar. Alizarin crimson ground ? Short fibered less good quality machine made paper. Cotton +esparto ?
Measurements
372 mm (W); 752 mm (Length)
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Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210779.1.2
Summary
Viewing Sample. Wallpaper with emblems of Tudor rose, crown and fleur-de-lys. Background of cardinal-red with satinwood emblems. Possibly produced by Crace, after Pugin. c.1840. Mounted on card under acetate. (V&A description). c. 1860s: Stylised heraldic Fleur-de-Lys, rose & coronet, block printed in yellow ochre with black outline on a crimson ground. (Allyson McDermott's description - see "Investigation into the use of wallpapers at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. April 2013.").
Provenance
Campaign of Decoration: 6th / 7th Baronets c 1860s. Original Location: Notes suggest that this may have hung in the NE Attic staircase. 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. Sections cut out for repair.
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