Briar

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Artist/Maker	Essex (manufacturer) C. F. A. Voysey (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Portion of 'Briar' wallpaper, an all-over brick repeat pattern of briar roses, with thorned stems, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Signed and dated in ink on the mount C.F.A. Voysey 1901, inscribed with title and numbered 64024.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	Briar
Materials and techniques	Colour machine print, on paper Paper Colour Machine Print
Brief description	Portion of 'Briar' wallpaper, an all-over brick repeat pattern of briar roses, with thorned stems, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Signed and dated in ink on the mount; Designed by C.F.A. Voysey; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; 1901.
Physical description	Portion of 'Briar' wallpaper, an all-over brick repeat pattern of briar roses, with thorned stems, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Signed and dated in ink on the mount C.F.A. Voysey 1901, inscribed with title and numbered 64024.
Dimensions	Portion height: 67.9cm Portion width: 53.2cm Dimensions from: 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.
Marks and inscriptions	Signed and dated in ink on the mount C.F.A. Voysey 1901, inscribed with title and numbered 64024.
Credit line	Given by Courtaulds Ltd
Object history	Given by Courtaulds Ltd.
Subject depicted	Briar Roses
Associated objects	E.1887-1953 (Colourway) E.1471-2001 (Version) E.1927-1934 (Version)
Bibliographic reference	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.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.313-1974

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028384/briar-wallpaper-c-f-a/

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