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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":"'St James's' was designed for the Grand Staircase in St James's Palace. The decorative scheme for the palace was begun in 1866 and was Morris & Co.'s first secular commission. \r\n\r\n'Two widths of paper are needed to complete the pattern horizontally, while the vertical repeat of 119.4 cm requires two blocks to print each colour. Sixty-eight blocks are needed to complete the pattern. The cutting and printing must have been a gigantic task, carried out at speed. Only four months separated the approval of the plan and its completion. The blocks were destroyed in a fire at Jeffrey’s on 22 November 1881. The printing for the Palace was complete by this time but the blocks were recut for future use.'\r\n(Linda Parry, see Bibliographic References)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Specimen of 'St James's' wallpaper, a pattern of intertwined foliage and white flowers, on a red ground; Block printed in distemper colours, on paper; Designed by William Morris for the Grand Staircase in St James's Palace; Printed by Jeffrey & Co. for 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; 1881.","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>. 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