Herbert Day Sketchbook
Drawing
ca. 1900 (made)
ca. 1900 (made)
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Modest British furniture in the Art Nouveau style became relatively popular by the late 1890s. Manufacturers in Britain did not use the more extravagant Continental Art Nouveau style on a wide scale. However, chairs and settles in the rather subdued style you can see here were sold to a wide public. This kind of furniture was made and sold into the 1920s because it was simple and inexpensive.
Object details
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| Title | Herbert Day Sketchbook (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, coloured chalk, pen and ink and watercolour drawings on white wove paper full bound in brown cloth with pencil holder and ribbon handle |
| Brief description | Drawings by Herbert Day, sketchbook of 201 designs on 59 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, coloured chalk, 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 cabinets, mirror frames, wash-stands and settles. The book also contains designs for metalwork, ornament and several figure sketches. |
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| Summary | Modest British furniture in the Art Nouveau style became relatively popular by the late 1890s. Manufacturers in Britain did not use the more extravagant Continental Art Nouveau style on a wide scale. However, chairs and settles in the rather subdued style you can see here were sold to a wide public. This kind of furniture was made and sold into the 1920s because it was simple and inexpensive. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991 |
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| Accession number | E.216-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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