The Owl
Wallpaper
1897 (made)
1897 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Title | The Owl |
| Materials and techniques | Colour machine print, on paper |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.305-1974 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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