Herbert Day Sketchbook

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Artist/Maker	Day, Herbert (designer)
Place of origin	Kent (made)

A sketchbook containing 281 designs on 85 pages showing furniture and decoration in the Art Nouveau style including designs for hearth surrounds, cabinets, desks and settles. The book also contains designs for metalwork, ornament and several landscape and figure sketches.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Furniture Metalwork Landscapes
Object type	Drawing
Title	Herbert Day Sketchbook (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour drawings on white wove paper full bound in brown cloth with pencil holder and ribbon handle Wove Paper Cloth Pencil Pen and Ink Ribbon Drawing
Brief description	Drawings by Herbert Day, sketchbook of 281 designs on 85 pages, showing furniture and decoration in the Art Nouveau style, white wove paper full bound in brown cloth with pencil holder and ribbon handle, pencil, pen and ink and watercolour drawings, Kent, ca. 1900
Physical description	A sketchbook containing 281 designs on 85 pages showing furniture and decoration in the Art Nouveau style including designs for hearth surrounds, cabinets, desks and settles. The book also contains designs for metalwork, ornament and several landscape and figure sketches.
Dimensions	Covers height: 12.7cm Covers width: 18.2cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Style	Art Nouveau
Subjects depicted	Designs Furniture Metal Work Hearth Cabinets Desks Settles Landscapes Figures
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.215-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O193662/herbert-day-sketchbook-drawing-day-herbert/

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