Wallpaper Sample of "Tynecastle" or "Modelled Canvas"
Designer
W. Scott Morton(Scottish, 1840–1903)Scottish, 1840–1903
ManufacturerManufactured by
Scott Morton & Co.(1870–1966)1870–1966
ManufacturerManufactured by
Tynecastle Tapestry(Scottish)Scottish
CultureScottish
Titles
- Wallpaper Sample of "Tynecastle" or "Modelled Canvas"
Date1874–1920
PlaceEngland
MediumEmbossed linen, mounted on paper
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/4 × 25 3/4 in. (56.5 × 65.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas Ellis
Object number84.742
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Exhibition History“Pattern Repeat: Wallpaper Then and Now,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 17, 2013–March 30, 2014.
Published References A wallpaper sample in the collection of Historic New England is in Nylander, Richard, Elizabeth Redmond, Penny J. Sander, Wallpapers in New England, (Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1986), 242. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso " 21D "
at edge " W. SCOTT MORTON'S TYNECASTLE CANVAS 1033 "
at other edge " MODELLED CANVAS "
at other edge " MODELLED CANVAS "
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