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Not currently on display at the V&A
On short term loan out for exhibition

Textile Design

May 1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for textiles or wallpaper with lions, palms, grasses and large orange flowers on a white ground. Small area in top left corner with dark blue ground with note: 'alternative treatment'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Brief description
C.F.A. Voysey. Design with lionesses, palms and orange flowers. Watercolour, British, 1918
Physical description
Design for textiles or wallpaper with lions, palms, grasses and large orange flowers on a white ground. Small area in top left corner with dark blue ground with note: 'alternative treatment'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.6cm
  • Width: 30.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'alternative treatment' next to colour variation. Signed and dated in pen and ink 'C.F.A. Voysey. archt. / 73 St. James's Street / S.W.1. May 1918'.
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.217-1974

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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