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The Owl

Wallpaper
1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Numbered in ink on the mount Essex No. A.36.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Owl
Materials and techniques
Colour machine print, on paper
Brief description
Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by C. F. A. Voysey; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; 1897.
Physical description
Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Numbered in ink on the mount Essex No. A.36.
Dimensions
  • Portion of frieze height: 62.3cm
  • Portion of frieze width: 44cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Marks and inscriptions
Essex No. A.36 (Numbered in ink on the mount.)
Credit line
Given by Courtaulds Ltd
Object history
Given by Courtaulds Ltd.
A hanging in woollen cloth, showing the same pattern, was produced by Alexander Morton & Co. in 1898.
The frieze is reproduced in Arts Journal (1899), p 91.
Production
A hanging in woollen cloth, showing the same pattern, which was produced by Alexander Morton & Co. in 1898.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Oman, Charles C. and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Collection
Accession number
E.305-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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