25th Nov, 2016 9:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Fine Art Sale

 
Lot 610
 

610

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941): Six Watercolour Designs and Working Drawings for...

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941): Six Watercolour Designs and Working Drawings for Tomkinsons Carpets, circa 1900s, featuring flowing patterns incorporating flowers and trees on square grids, three signed, three unsigned, four have a "V" then numbers and have been archived, various sizes See illustration

Four other designs by Edouard Glorget and Mabel Syrett

Voysey was under contract to both Alexander Morton and Tomkinson's to provide a certain number of designs each year.

Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) of Franche Hall was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, the son of a mercer/draper. In partnership with textile engineer, William Adam, he established Tomkinson Carpets in 1869.

For similar designs see The drawings collection of the RIBA held at the print room of the Victoria and Albert museum. Voysey donated important archival and source material to the Victoria and Albert museum, the British museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects in a series of gifts between 1913 and 1930.

Sold for £2,700
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

See extra images at www.tennants.co.uk - used working drawings. Sizes: Orange Tree image 53cm square with a margin, repair at top Green/Brown 68.5cm by 26.5cm green/brown: 74cm by 26.5cm Leaf pattern: image 40cm by 39cm with a margin Gesign has been glues to another piece of paper which has two tears on teh bottom edge. The design has been cut Blue pattern 31cm by 21cm- has a tear near the top Orange and yellow pattern- image 53cm by 26cm with a margin top right corner 21 x 10 1/2 in pencil and a label £1.1 221116

Auction: Autumn Fine Art Sale, 25th Nov, 2016

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