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The decorative motifs of  flowering trees, insects and colourful birds, hand painted in watercolours, was a favourite theme on such Chinese papers.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The enduring popularity of Chinese wallpapers is proved by the existence of firms specialising in re-hanging the wallpapers, such as Messrs Cowan & Sons Ltd.<br><br><b>Trade</b><br>Tea, raw silk and porcelain were the commodities which made up the bulk of the trade from China at the time this wallpaper was produced. The officers of the East India Company, who conducted the trade, were also allowed to profit from private trading, which included wallpaper. This is how such wallpapers would have reached Britain.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>In order for the paper to form a continuous scene around a room, the separate sheets sent from China had to be hung in sequence. The design went across the joins and some surviving unused rolls have Chinese numbers on them to indicate their position.","physicalDescription":"With an ivory-coloured background on which is painted a flower-and-bird design. This one with a green bird on lower right corner.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ink and watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Wall coverings","id":"THES48878"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AL5351","2017KJ4464"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES395007"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Wallpaper","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Guangzhou","id":"x32464"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1725-1775","earliest":"1725-01-01","latest":"1775-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by HM Commissioners of Woods, Forest and Land Revenue","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"279","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"164","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 03/04/2000 by RK","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Ten panels of wallpaper (E.2083-1914 to E.2092-1914) originally hung in Eltham Lodge and were removed in 1911. 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Patterns like this one, with birds, trees, shrubs and flowers, were the most popular.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["E.2083-1914"],"accessionNumberNum":"2083","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1914,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1375","2019LP9664","2019LP2563","2019LV5252"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-17","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":true}}