Textile Design
March 1929 (made)
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Squared design for textiles or wallpaper with interlaced hearts, crowns of roses and interlaced alpha and omega symbols.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil |
| Brief description | C.F.A. Voysey. Design for a textile. British. March 1929 |
| Physical description | Squared design for textiles or wallpaper with interlaced hearts, crowns of roses and interlaced alpha and omega symbols. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on reverse: 'Symbolism = laced hearts denote human affection / the crown is the symbol of self control / and so, given to kings as no one can / nobly control others, unless himself self controlled / this [interlaced alpha and omega symbols] means that love symbolised by / the rose is the beginning and end of all things' and 'repeat 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 prints' and signed and dated 'C.F.A. Voysey, Archt. Invt. et Delt. / 73 St James's Street, S.W.1. March 1929' |
| Credit line | Given by Courtaulds Ltd. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.294-1974 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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