C. F. A. VOYSEY (1857-1941) FOR ALEXANDER MORTON & CO.
‘THE DULEEK’ HANGING, CIRCA 1900
£17,640
Auction: Lots 1 to 266 | 17th April at 10am
Description
Jacquard-woven wool double cloth, with later linen border and lining
Dimensions
260cm x 113cm, 278cm x 128cm including border
Provenance
Provenance: Phillips, Edinburgh Late 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts, 26th April 1996, lot 390
Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty
Footnote
Literature: V&A accession no. CIRC.886-1967
Note: The design was originally used as a wallpaper and was later adapted by the manufacturer Alexander Morton for this woollen textile, for transparent gauzes and for carpeting. Voysey's stylised birds and trees became his trademark, and symbolic of the Arts & Crafts movement. The fabric was sold through Liberty's shop in Regent Street. By the end of the 19th century the shop created what was described as 'a new English period' establishing a reputation as the main retailer of British Arts and Crafts goods.