Tag: Wallpaper

Samples of wallpaper showing available colorways designed by C. F. A. Voysey for Essex and Company who were the manufacturers in 1893. A leading light of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Voysey also designed houses which no doubt used only his designs.

Pattern #1.
Pattern #1. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object
Pattern #1 in five colorways.
Pattern #1 in five colorways. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #2.
Pattern #2. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #2 in five colorways.
Pattern #2 in five colorways. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #3.
Pattern #3. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.

Wallpaper glitzed and glammed up making whatever happens in your house more excitingly beautiful. English. Walter Crane, designer. Living from 1845 to 1915 he was a leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement and good friend of William Morris.

"Rabbit and Deer" design wallpaper frieze. 1887.
“Rabbit and Deer” design wallpaper frieze. 1887. Designed for Jeffrey and Company. Block printed. Image copyright © The Victoria and Albert Museum. via http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2017/11/english-wallpaper-and-seemingly.html.
"Swan, Rush and Iris." Wallpaper. 1877.
l”Swan, Rush and Iris.” Wallpaper. 1877. Made for Jeffrey and Company. Color woodblock print. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O218519/swan-rush-and-iris-wallpaper-crane-walter-rws/.
Robed male figures in a boat. 1877. Dado.
Robed male figures in a boat. 1877. Dado. Designed for Jeffrey and Company. Block printed. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. via http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2017/12/block-printed-english-wallpapers.html.
"Lyre and Garland." Wallpaper frieze. 1911.
“Lyre and Garland.” Wallpaper frieze. 1911. Designed for Jeffrey and Company. Block printed. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. via http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2017/11/english-wallpaper-and-seemingly.html.
"Iris and Pomegranate." Wallpaper frieze. 1891.
“Iris and Pomegranate.” Wallpaper frieze. 1891. Designed for Jeffrey and Company. Color woodblock print. © Victoria and Albert Museum London. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224523/iris-and-pomegranate-wallpaper-crane-walter-rws/.

All artwork used under a fair use license.

Pretty wallpaper by C. F. A. Voysey, English architect and designer (1857-1941). No doubt the country houses he dotted the British countryside with had them in every room . . . . . why else to design both . . . ups the sales you know.

"Minto." 1901.
“Minto.” 1901. Color machine print. Essex and Company, Manufacturer. © Victoria and Albert Museum. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O559626/minto-wallpaper-c-f-a/.
"Dovedale." 1905.
“Dovedale.” 1905. ©Photo Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris/Jean Tholance. Collection of the Musee Arts Décoratifs. via http://collections.madparis.fr/dovedale.
"Fidelis." 1919.
“Fidelis.” 1919. Engraved and colored by hand. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O559616/fidelis-wallpaper-design-c-f-a/
"Tulip." 1893-95.
“Tulip.” 1893-95. Block printed on paper. Image © The Cooper Hewitt Museum. via https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18667891/#image-rights
Wallpaper design. April, 1909.
Wallpaper design. April, 1909. Watercolor, pen and ink and pencil on paper. © Victoria and Albert Museum. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1068277/design-for-wallpaper-design-c-f-a/