Wallpaper Frieze Design
c.1900 (made)
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Design for a wallpaper frieze depicting three pairs of birds standing beneath three sprigs of foliage: rose, honesty and thistles. The pairs of birds hold lengths of red cord with tassled ends in their beaks.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour, on paper |
| Brief description | Design by C. F. A. Voysey for a wallpaper frieze, showing pairs of birds and three plants, London, about 1900 |
| Physical description | Design for a wallpaper frieze depicting three pairs of birds standing beneath three sprigs of foliage: rose, honesty and thistles. The pairs of birds hold lengths of red cord with tassled ends in their beaks. |
| Credit line | Given by C.F.A Voysey by request of the Museum |
| Object history | This frieze may be paired with the wallpaper 'Feudal' E.309-1974 |
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| Associated object | E.309-1974 (Set) |
| 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.269-1913 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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