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Wallpaper - The Saladin

The Saladin

  • Object:

    Wallpaper

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1897 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    voysey, born 1857 - died 1941 (designer)
    Essex (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour woodblock print, on paper

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.261-1953

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2B, shelf DR49, box DW8

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C. F. A. Voysey (1857-1941) was a prolific designer of wallpapers and textiles. Many are in an Art Nouveau style. They also clearly show the influence of William Morris’s principles of pattern design and his use of plant forms and birds as basic motifs. Voysey supplied a number of wallpaper designs to the manufacturer Essex & Co. In their advertisements they described him as ‘the Genius of Pattern’.

Physical description

Portion of 'The Saladin' wallpaper; Colour woodblock print, on paper.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

ca. 1897 (made)

Artist/maker

voysey, born 1857 - died 1941 (designer)
Essex (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Colour woodblock print, on paper

Dimensions

Height: 69.8 cm, Width: 53.3 cm

Object history note

Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.

Descriptive line

Portion of 'The Saladin' wallpaper; Colour woodblock print, on paper; Designed by C. F. A. Voysey; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; ca. 1897.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Stephen F. Eisenman with Corinne Granof, Design in the Age of Darwin. From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2008. ISBN: 0-8101-5204-5.
Exhibition catalogue
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.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'1222
Twenty-one portions
Produced by Essex & Co.
Circa 1889-1903
Colour prints from wood blocks
Various sizes
Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd
E.1883-1903-1953; Circ.261-1953

'The Saladin', circa 1897 (The House (1897), vol I, p 112, fig 10) (Circ.261); 'The Glade', 1897 (E.1883); 'The Merle', circa 1901 (Greysmith, pl 121) (E.1884); 'The Nure', circa 1889 (E.1885); 'The Xipon', 1899 (E.1886); 'Briar', 1901 (E.1887), another colourway (E.313-1974); 'The Gidus', 1901 (E.1888); 'The Ilmore', circa 1897 (E.1889); 'The Maestro', circa 1899 (E.1890 neg GJ.9769); 'The Teynham', circa 1903 (E.1891); 'The Morgiana', circa 1901 (E.1892); 'The Cestrefeld', 1895 (E.1893); 'The Tierney', circa 1897 (E.1894); 'The Savaric', circa 1897 (E.1895); 'The Wykehamist', 1897 (E.1896); 'The Columba', circa 1898 (Artist (1899), vol 25, plate on p 46) (E.1897); 'The Gordon', circa 1897 (E.1898 CT 7345 (see col pl, p 438)); 'The Iolanthe', circa 1897 (E.1899); 'The Adaim', circa 1897 (E. 1900); 'The Collina', 1901 (E.1901); 'The Owl', 1897 (E.1902); 'The Standard Rose', circa 1901 (E.1903)

Most of these pieces were shown in the exhibition, Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts, VAM, 1952.'

NB: 'Greysmith' refers to; Greysmith, Brenda. Wallpaper. London, 1976.
Saunders, Gill. Wallpaper in Interior Decoration. V&A Publications. London. 2002. pp. 119. pl 104.

Exhibition History

Design in the Age of Darwin. From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright (Block Museum of Art, Illinois, Northwestern University 09/05/2008-24/08/2008)

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Colour woodblock print

Categories

Wall coverings

Collection code

PDP

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