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Halcyone

Textile Design
1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a textile featuring birds floating in the sea on branches with "HALCYONE" on a scroll above them


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHalcyone (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil
Brief description
C.F.A. Voysey. 'Halcyone'. Design for a textile manufactured by A. Morton & Co. British, 1898.
Physical description
Design for a textile featuring birds floating in the sea on branches with "HALCYONE" on a scroll above them
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.9cm
  • Width: 55.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated in ink: C.F.A. Voysey Architect 6 Carlton Hill NW June 1898 Signed in pencil: C.F.A.V. To follow Rowallan 19
Credit line
Given by Courtaulds Ltd
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Accession number
E.152-1974

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2008
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