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Swirling Leaf wallpaper (c.1880-1883)

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Date: c.1880-1883
Dimensions: 86.1 x 52.1
Object Type: wallpaper
Catalogue number: B27
Designer: Mackmurdo | Arthur Heygate | 1851 | 1942
Retailer: Century Guild
Manufacturer: Jeffrey & Co.
Credit notes: Mackmurdo bequest, 1942

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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