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    • Printed velveteen, 1890s
    Designed by C. F. A. Voysey (British, 1857–1941) for Liberty and Co.; Manufactured by Turnbull & Stockdale
    English
    Cotton

    94 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (240 x 67.3 cm)
    Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1990 (1990.155)

    Voysey supplemented his small architectural practice by designing all kinds of domestic decorative items: furniture, metalware, wallpaper, carpets, and textiles. His patterns are distinctive, with stylized plants and birds, in a range of muted subtle colors.

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  • Gere, Charlotte. "European Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs: 1850–1900." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 56, no. 3 (Winter, 1998–99).
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  • Printed velveteen, 1890s
    Designed by C. F. A. Voysey (British, 1857–1941) for Liberty and Co.; Manufactured by Turnbull & Stockdale
    English
    Cotton

    94 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (240 x 67.3 cm)
    Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1990 (1990.155)