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The Farmyard

Textile or Wallpaper Design
1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a nursery furnishing chintz showing a farmer, farmhouse, milkmaid and cow, cat, dog, rat, rabbit, frog, bird, wheat and various flowers arranged in a repeating pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Farmyard (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured process engraving
Brief description
C.F.A. Voysey. 'The Farmyard'. Design for a nursery textile or wallpaper. Hand-coloured process engraving, British, 1929.
Physical description
Design for a nursery furnishing chintz showing a farmer, farmhouse, milkmaid and cow, cat, dog, rat, rabbit, frog, bird, wheat and various flowers arranged in a repeating pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.1cm
  • Width: 91.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'Repeat drops at 17 straight across at 34" x 13" / 13 colours produced with 7 prints / C.F.A Voysey F.R.I.B.A. 73 St. James's St. S.W. 1 Sept. 1929'
Credit line
Given by Courtaulds Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Accession number
E.332-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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