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Textile Design

May 1926 (made), 1926 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for textile with pattern of birds, foliage, flowers etc.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil
Brief description
C.F.A. Voysey. Design for a textile with wild flowers, birds, and grasshoppers, for Alexander Morton & Co. and Tomkinson Carpets Ltd, designed 1926
Physical description
Design for textile with pattern of birds, foliage, flowers etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 62.2cm
  • Width: 55.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'Repeat 18 1/2 x 21' and 'copyright [reserved crossed out] / sold to Tomkinsons Ltd. July 16th 1829 / + Morton' and signed and dated 'C.F.A. Voysey Archt. / 73 St. James's St. / S.W. 1 May 1926'
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.284-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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