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Textile Design

1918 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for textile or wallpaper of butterflies/moths, birds, foliage and berries, one half blue and white only, one half green foliage; blue, red and purple berries; yellow and brown butterflies and birds


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Brief description
C.F.A. Voysey. Textile design with birds and butterflies or moths. Watercolour, British, 1918
Physical description
Design for textile or wallpaper of butterflies/moths, birds, foliage and berries, one half blue and white only, one half green foliage; blue, red and purple berries; yellow and brown butterflies and birds
Dimensions
  • Height: 49cm
  • Width: 32.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in ink: 'CFA Voysey, architect / 73 St James's Street, SW1 / July 1920'
  • Notes in ink clockwise from left: 'change of green wash', 'single print 5" turnover', 'colour print 5" turnover', 'repeat'
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.233-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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