Crown Wallpaper collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1383 SC |
Held at | : Middlesex University: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk › |
Full title | : Crown Wallpaper collection |
Date(s) | : early 1950s-late 1960s |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : c 5000 loose items and books |
Name of creator(s) | : Crown Wallpaper Company | wallpaper manufacturers |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1899 a large number of wallpaper firms came together under the umbrella title of `Wallpaper Manufacturers' (WPM) and subsequently some of their products were sold under the trademark `Crown'. The archive therefore consists largely of wallpaper pattern books by a variety of manufacturers, collected as part of the group's working records.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Crown Wallpaper Archive, comprising 5,000 wallpaper samples and pattern books, early 1950s-late 1960s.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Archival material is open for consultation in the Study Room on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10am-4pm, by appointment with the staff of the museum, subject to conservation status of the material concerned. The museum is open to all during its normal opening hours.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Reproduction of material is at the discretion of the curator.
Finding aids:
Part of the collection is catalogued and available on-line via the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Crown Wallpaper website.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given by Crown Wallpapers in 1989.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester holds related collections of wallpapers and wallpaper pattern books from the 19th and 20th centuries, by WPM and other manufacturers.
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Robert Baxter and Zoe Hendon as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2002
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