General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

32.3 cm

Width

21.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Printed specimens

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Decorettes

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Twickenham

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970s-1980s

Canada

An English? made transfer, an example of a typical transfer used for home decoration in Canada and worldwide in the 1970s. The company which donated the transfer intended to use it in film production to decorate a child's room in 1970s style.

Function

A decal attached for decorative purposes to the wall or other surface of a room used by children.

Technical

An example of transfer technology first developed in the 1700s to decorate china, commonly used in the 19th century to ornament technological artifacts, and applied in the second half of the 20th century to home decoration. Water slide transfer technology was the simplest method of transfer application, developed in the mid 1900s. Unlike complicated simplex and duplex methods, the water slide method allowed for the transfer technology to be widely applied by unskilled users.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Black lettering on back reads 'CANADA DECALCOMANIA CO. LIMITED/ 400 MIDWEST ROAD/ SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO, CANADA/ AREA CODE 416-751-6522'/ black lettering on back reads 'DECORETTES TRANSFERS/ QUEEN'S HOUSE/ HOLLY ROAD/ TWICKEMHAM/ MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND', 'C 9466 ET. 11 76' , 'EAGLE TRANSFERS LTD.' and 'PRINTED IN ENGLAND'/ black lettering on front reads '179'

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Off-white with multicoloured images

Decoration

Multicoloured representations of wool dogs