Early Bird; Limited Editions 1951
- Object:
- Place of origin:
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Priestly, Sylvia (designer)
John Line & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour screenprint, on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by the manufacturer
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case EDUC, shelf 7, box A
- Image in copyright
The designer Sylvia Priestley was the daughter of the author J. B. Priestley (1894-1984). She studied in London at the Slade School of Art and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Priestley designed textiles and wallpapers and worked for the textile manufacturers Jacqmar Ltd and Warner & Sons. She made this design, entitled ‘Early Bird’, for the wallpaper manufacturers John Line & Sons Ltd, for their series entitled ‘Limited Editions 1951’. ‘Early Bird’ was produced in various colour combinations, known as colourways in the wallpaper industry. It repeats a pattern unit consisting of a bird with a horizontal stance alternating with a second pattern unit of a bird with a vertical stance.
Physical description
Portion of 'Early Bird' wallpaper, a repeating pattern of a bird in two different stances. The stripes in the background are olive green, grey, white and either white circles with black centres on grey stripes or on olive stripes. The birds are black on chalky white reserves; Colour screen print, on paper.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (made)
Date
1951 (made)
Artist/maker
Priestly, Sylvia (designer)
John Line & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour screenprint, on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'REG/ D / NO HAND PRINTED JOIN HERE'
Dimensions
Height: 75 cm, Width: 54.5 cm
Descriptive line
Portion of 'Early Bird' wallpaper, a repeating pattern of a bird in two different stances. The stripes in the background are olive green, grey, white and either white circles with black centres on grey stripes or on olive stripes. The birds are black on chalky white reserves; Colour screen print, on paper; Designed by Sylvia Nancy Priestley; Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd in their series 'Limited Editions 1951'; England; 1951.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Oman, Charles and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: A History and Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection in the Victroia and Abert Museum. London: Sothebys in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. 402 p., ill. ISBN 0856670960.
The full text of the entry is as follows:
'1113
'Early Bird'
Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd in their series 'Limited Editions 1951'
1951
Colour screen print
75 x 54.5 cm (portion)
E.887-1978 neg GJ.9718
Design (1951), vol III, plate on p 11 (colour); N. Carrington, Design and Decoration in the Home (1952), pl 111 (colour).'
Carrington, Noel. Design and Decoration in the Home. London, B.T. Batsford, 1952. 106p., ill.
Production Note
Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd in their series 'Limited Editions 1951'
Materials
Paper; Printing ink
Techniques
Colour screen print
Subjects depicted
Birds; Stripes
Categories
Prints; Wall coverings
Collection code
PDP
