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Hemlock

Wallpaper Design
1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for 'Hemlock' wallpaper; Pencil and watercolour, on paper; Signed in ink C. F. A. Voysey Architect; inscribed 11 Melina Place Grove End Rd. S.John's Wood NW; also inscribed with title, instructions for printing and 7 gns; with a stamp lettered James Barrett Print Cutter and numbered in ink 4279.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHemlock (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour, on paper
Brief description
Design by C. F. A. Voysey for 'Hemlock' wallpaper, London, 1900
Physical description
Design for 'Hemlock' wallpaper; Pencil and watercolour, on paper; Signed in ink C. F. A. Voysey Architect; inscribed 11 Melina Place Grove End Rd. S.John's Wood NW; also inscribed with title, instructions for printing and 7 gns; with a stamp lettered James Barrett Print Cutter and numbered in ink 4279.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45cm
  • Width: 40cm
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
  • C. F. A. Voysey Architect (Signed in ink.)
  • Inscribed 11 Melina Place Grove End Rd. S.John's Wood NW; also inscribed with title, instructions for printing and 7 gns; with a stamp lettered James Barrett Print Cutter and numbered in ink 4279.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history
Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Accession number
E.38-1945

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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