The Aylmer

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

Portion of 'The Aylmer' wallpaper, a repeating pattern of a stems with large green acanthus leaves and white and blue flowers facing to the left, interspersed with smaller foliage with (?)purple berries, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	The Aylmer (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour machine print, on paper Paper Colour Machine Print
Brief description	Portion of 'The Aylmer' wallpaper, a repeating pattern of a stems with large green acanthus leaves and white and blue flowers facing to the left, interspersed with smaller foliage with (?)purple berries, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by C. F. A. Voysey; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; ca. 1896.
Physical description	Portion of 'The Aylmer' wallpaper, a repeating pattern of a stems with large green acanthus leaves and white and blue flowers facing to the left, interspersed with smaller foliage with (?)purple berries, on a pale ground; Colour machine print, on paper.
Dimensions	Portion height: 71.8cm Portion width: 47cm 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.
Credit line	Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd
Object history	Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.
Subjects depicted	Foliate Flowers Berries
Bibliographic references	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. Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1953 Pevsner, Nikolaus et al. Art Nouveau, London : Arts Council, 1965 95
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.266-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036585/the-aylmer-wallpaper-c-f-a/

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