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Like this example, the frieze often had a bold pattern.\r\n\r\nWilliam Shand Kydd (1864-1936) had worked for the wallpaper manufacturer Hayward & Son before setting up his own wallpaper business in London in 1891. In the early years he designed most of the papers himself. They were highly praised at the time for their originality, confident design, and beautiful colouring. The company became very successful and supplied papers to the most fashionable London furnishing shops.\r\n\r\nThis frieze was produced by printing the outlines of the pattern from a carved wood block, and then filling in the colour using stencils. Stencils had been used to apply colour to wallpapers in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In the 1880s it was reintroduced to commercial wallpaper production by Hayward & Sons. Shand Kydd learned the technique when he worked for the company and went on to use it for many of the wallpapers and friezes produced by his own firm.","physicalDescription":"Portion of 'The Atmy' wallpaper frieze, showing a bold design of large yellow acanthus leaves extending up from the bottom and interlinking with each other. There is some green infill shading showing between the leaves and some stalks and seed pods(?). Along the top is a secondary design of foliage in green, with oranges (which are also coloured a darker green), both foliage and oranges are outlined in orange. A yellow border runs across top and bottom edged in orange. The background is white; Colour print from wood blocks and stencil on paper.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Kydd, William Shand","id":"A7567"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x34907"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Shand Kydd Ltd.","id":"A7569"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"block printing","id":"AAT53289"},{"text":"stencilling","id":"AAT53433"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Colour print from wood blocks and stencil on paper","categories":[{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2007BM8536"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125G (VA)","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"CA4","shelf":"","box":"37"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}],[{"text":"wallpaper","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1896-1905","earliest":"1896-01-01","latest":"1905-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Shand Kydd Ltd.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"77.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"106.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Shand Kydd Ltd.\r\nDesigned by William Shand Kydd (born in Edinburgh, 1864, died in London, 1936) and printed by his firm in London.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Portion of 'The Atmy' wallpaper frieze, showing a bold design of large yellow acanthus leaves extending up from the bottom and interlinking with each other; Colour print from wood blocks and stencil on paper; Design by William Shand Kydd; Produced by Shand Kydd Ltd; London, England; 1895-1905.","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":"Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. <u>A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914</u>. London, 1926."}],"production":"'The Atmy' was first produced in 1896.\n\nReason For Production: Retail","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"acanthus","id":"AAT164902"},{"text":"foliage","id":"AAT11892"},{"text":"oranges","id":"x34629"},{"text":"pods","id":"AAT11898"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nWilliam Shand Kydd set up his own wallpaper business in London in 1891. This became one of the most successful commercial wallpaper firms supplying Arts and Crafts wallpapers to shops such as Liberty's and Maples. Their friezes, for use on the upper part of the wall, were very popular. They were block-printed with delicate stencilled shading.","date":{"text":"15/01/2001","earliest":"2001-01-15","latest":"2001-01-15"}}],"partNumbers":["E.1528-1954"],"accessionNumberNum":"1528","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1954,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN5591","2019LT4580","2019LU4989"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-05","recordCreationDate":"2007-02-01","availableToBook":false}}