Wallpaper Design

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Artist/Maker	C. F. A. Voysey (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Design for a wallpaper, showing a horizontal line of formalized, pairs of pale-green birds, perched amidst trees and mistletoe, with a background of black, white and yellow vertical stripes; Pencil and watercolour, on paper; Signed in ink C. F. A. V and inscribed with notes.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Designs
Object type	Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques	Pencil and watercolour, on paper Paper Pencil Water-Colour Painting Drawing
Brief description	Design by C. F. A. Voysey for a wallpaper, showing birds and foliage, with vertical stripes, London, about 1900
Physical description	Design for a wallpaper, showing a horizontal line of formalized, pairs of pale-green birds, perched amidst trees and mistletoe, with a background of black, white and yellow vertical stripes; Pencil and watercolour, on paper; Signed in ink C. F. A. V and inscribed with notes.
Dimensions	Height: 66.6cm Width: 53.3cm 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	Signed in ink C. F. A. V and inscribed with notes.
Credit line	Given by C.F.A Voysey by request of the Museum
Subjects depicted	Symmetry Birds Stripes Mistletoe
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.262-1913

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O718691/wallpaper-design-c-f-a/

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