Curtain - Madras muslin with Malmsley pattern

Textile and Costume Collection

Accession Nr.: 54.2559.1
Artist/Maker:
Voysey, Charles Francis A. (1857 - 1941) / designer
Date of production:
ca. 1896
Place of production: Scotland;
Inscription: nincs
Materials: leno weave cotton
Techniques: patterned by cotton thread
Dimensions:
length: 323 cm
width: 137 cm
The pattern consists of rows of leafed boughs springing from tulip stems and stylised flower heads. The design originally was made for brocade and was exhibited at the 1899 Arts and Crafts exhibition in London. It was published in The Studio, vol. 18, 1899 p.40.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 1.23. (Pásztor Emese)