'Swirling Leaf' wallpaper
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdoc.1880-83
William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
This was one of the first wallpapers Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo designed for the Century Guild in the early 1880s. This sample has the manufacturer Jeffrey & Co's trademark, a triangle surrounded by a coiled snake on a sunburst, and 'No. 89817' the stock number with the price, 9d per yard printed on the reverse. The original design is also in the collection, see A99.
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Details
- Title: 'Swirling Leaf' wallpaper
- Creator: Century Guild, Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, Jeffrey & Co.
- Date Created: c.1880-83
- Type: wallpaper
- Rights: © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Physical Dimensions: 86.1 x 52.1 cm
- Object Number: B27
- Medium: block-printed on paper
- Credit line: Mackmurdo bequest, 1942
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