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Textile Design

July 1888 (made)
Artist/Maker
C. F. A. Voysey (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Design for a printed velvet tablecloth showing a panel of seahorses and octopi among seaweed, with a border of fantastic birds.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Textile design
Materials and techniques
Body colour
Body Colour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
C. F. A. Voysey. Design for a printed velvet tablecloth showing seahorses and octopi among seaweed, border of fantastic birds, produced by G. P. & J. Baker Ltd. London, 1888

for G.P. & J. Baker Ltd. London, 1889
Physical description
Design for a printed velvet tablecloth showing a panel of seahorses and octopi among seaweed, with a border of fantastic birds.
Dimensions
  • Height: 90.49cm
  • Width: 61.60cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C. F. A. Voysey. Archt. 45. Tierney Road Streatham Hill S.W.' (Inscribed in ink by the artist)
  • 'July 1888' (Dated)
Credit line
Given by G. P. & J. Baker Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Seahorses
Octopus
Birds
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.59-1961

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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