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It is also known as egg and anchor, \"Egg and tongue\" lacks the arrowhead like element.","briefDescription":"'Egg and Dart' wallpaper border; Colour woodblock print, on paper; From the stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd; Colour print from wood blocks, on paper; England, ca. 1800-30.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. <u>Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939</u>, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950\r\nGiven by Mr. Noel D. Sheffield, F.R.I.B.A.'"}],"production":"Provenance: The stock of Cowtan & Sons Ltd, successors of J. Duppa, J. G. 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