£1,875
Auction: DESIGN Since 1860
cast iron
Literature: Livingstone, K. et al., C.F.A.Voysey: Arts and Crafts Designer, V&A Publishing, London, 2016, p. 240-241, pl. 302 illus.
Note: Voysey's use of cut-out silhouettes in metal, reducing his motifs to their very simplest outline, is said to have been influenced by the pierced metal fittings at the Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. For a comparable grille see V&A collection M.70 - 2014.