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This process takes place with each separate colour, which is slowly dried before another is applied. The consequence is that in the finished paper there is a considerable mass of solid colour. / \r\nMACHINE-PRINTED PAPERS are produced at a great speed, all the colours being printed at one time and rapidly dried in a heated gallery. In consequence of the speed at which they are printed, there is merely a film of colour deposited on the surface of the paper. / \r\nFOR PERMANENT USE we strongly recommend the hand-printed paper. / \r\n\r\nThe machine-printed papers are placed at the end of one of the books or in a msall book by themselves. / \r\n\r\nShow Rooms: / \r\n449, Oxford Street, London, W.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed on cover sheet of stand-book."}],"objectHistory":"Produced by Morris & Co., 449, Oxford Street, London.\r\nGiven by Shand Kydd Ltd.\r\n\r\nWhile this design has been widely claimed (including by May Morris) to   be William Morris's last design, Linda Parry uncovered evidence in her   1995 book 'William Morris Textiles' (p. 56) that Henry Dearle was the   designer:\r\n\r\n\t\t'Compton designed as a wallpaper and printed  on to fabrics using the  same blocks, has for many years been  mistakenly considered to be  Morris's last repeating design (if not his  finest) which shows the  considerable development of Dearle's talents.  His designs for the 1890s  are considerably tighter in format than those  seen before and in four  particularly successful designs, Trail, Daffodil,  Florence and Graveney, a  development of the diagonal bias in Morris's  later work can be seen...'","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Specimen of 'Compton' wallpaper, a pattern of flowers and foliage; Colour woodblock, or machine, print on paper; Designed by William Morris; Published by Morris & Co.; Part of a wallpaper pattern book containing 132 specimens (E.2734-2866-1980), mounted on a display stand, with a cloth cover; England; 1896.","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":"Saunders, Gill. <u>Wallpaper in Interior Decoration</u>. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 118. pl 103."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Parry, Linda, ed. <u>William Morris</u> London : Philip Wilson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. 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