Early Bird
Wallpaper
1951 (made)
1951 (made)
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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.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour screenprint, on paper |
| Brief 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; Designed by Sylvia Nancy Priestley; Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd in their series 'Limited Editions 1951'; England; 1951. |
| 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'REG/ D / NO HAND PRINTED JOIN HERE' (Textual information; Right edge; Printing; Printing ink) |
| Credit line | Given by the manufacturer |
| Production | Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd in their series 'Limited Editions 1951' |
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| Summary | 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. |
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| Accession number | E.887-1978 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2003 |
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