Original 1955 Palladio Wallpaper Sample 'Colonnade' Designed By Robert Nicholson

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Original 1955 Palladio Wallpaper Sample 'Colonnade' Designed By Robert Nicholson

About the Item

This is an original wallpaper sample from 1955 called Colonnade which was designed by Robert Nicholson for Palladio which later became Sanderson. We have had it freshly framed in an elegant rounded matt black frame with glass front and ivory white framing card, to the back we had a clear acetate window added so that the Designers name can be seen along with all the other information on it. This sample is from their first sample book in 1955 which was issued to architects. A sample of this is also held at the Victoria and Albert museum in the Prints and Drawings Study Room. It is also held in the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture in London whose collection is designated as being of outstanding international value by The Arts Council in England. In 1965, the artist and designer Robert Nicholson, was working on a commemorative book to mark the 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey. An enjoyable commission, it gave Robert a taste for designing and publishing books. So, in 1966, he produced Nicholson's London Reference, the first of the many guidebooks that were to bear his name. By the early 1970s, the expanding team moved to a loft-style workshop in what is now fashionable Neal's Yard in Covent Garden. The London Street Finder was to be the most successful title. Robert was born in Sydney, Australia, into a large family which had emigrated there at the turn of the last century. But times were hard, and in the 1930s his mother returned to England with Robert and some of his siblings and settled in Kent. After school in Rochester, he became a Medway art school student. Then came service in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Cyprus and Egypt, after which he worked as a laboratory technician. But by 1951, an interest in interior and industrial design led him, and his brother Roger to win commissions for design work on the Festival Of Britain exhibition in Edinburgh. The brothers' collaboration continued in London. Their work included designing interiors, carpets and fabrics in the new Shell-Mex building in Waterloo, for the then Carlton Tower Hotel, blanket designs for the British Wool Secretariat, wallpaper designs, and newspaper textile advertisements. Later, Roger was to become a professor in textile design at the Royal College of Art, but Robert turned to guidebooks. Yet he was no businessman, and financial and personal problems forced the sale of the company. He was retained for several years as a consultant by the new owners. Robert Nicholson, publisher, writer, artist and designer, born April 8 1920; died October 19 2004

Creator:
Robert Nicholson (Designer),Palladio (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 22.45 in (57 cm)Width: 24.41 in (62 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.5 cm)
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
1955
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Crease marks, foxing to edges and a scuff mark in the bottom middle.
Seller Location:
Bodicote, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4197312722971