The Owl

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

Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Numbered in ink on the mount Essex No. A.36.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Prints
Object type	Wallpaper
Title	The Owl
Materials and techniques	Colour machine print, on paper Paper Colour Machine Print
Brief description	Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Designed by C. F. A. Voysey; Produced by Essex & Co.; England; 1897.
Physical description	Portion of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, depicting pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; Colour machine print, on paper; Numbered in ink on the mount Essex No. A.36.
Dimensions	Portion of frieze height: 62.3cm Portion of frieze width: 44cm 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	Essex No. A.36 (Numbered in ink on the mount.)
Credit line	Given by Courtaulds Ltd
Object history	Given by Courtaulds Ltd. A hanging in woollen cloth, showing the same pattern, was produced by Alexander Morton & Co. in 1898. The frieze is reproduced in Arts Journal (1899), p 91.
Production	A hanging in woollen cloth, showing the same pattern, which was produced by Alexander Morton & Co. in 1898.
Subjects depicted	Owls Nests
Associated objects	E.263-1913 (Design) T.11-1953 (Version) E.1902-1953 (Version) E.305-1974 (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.305-1974

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O559632/the-owl-wallpaper-c-f-a/

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