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Design for Wallpaper

Maker (British, 1860 - 1932)
Maker (British, 1834 - 1896)
Maker (British, 1861 - 1940)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateafter 1885
Mediumwatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions20 x 14 1/4 in. (50.8 x 36.2 cm.)
DescriptionWavy green lines setting apart yellow "powdered" ground with blue flowers and pink tulips twining through it.
Inscribedrecto upper right: "Will something like this do/ for the suggested staircase paper/ a la vine tapestry?/ H.D."
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number2000.5.459
Terms
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.1123
    Daffodil
    John Henry Dearle
    ca. 1891
    Object number: 2000.5.893
    Design for Wallpaper
    Duncan Dearle
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.1130
    Design for Painted Decoration
    John Henry Dearle
    ca. 1888
    Object number: 2000.5.109
    Tulip
    John Henry Dearle
    1895-1900
    Object number: 2000.5.1113
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.1139
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.1126
    Cedric
    John Henry Dearle
    ca. 1905
    Object number: 2000.5.1112
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.1122
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.67
    Design for Wallpaper
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.66
    Design for Texile
    John Henry Dearle
    n.d.
    Object number: 2000.5.580