Arts and Crafts Nursery Tiles by CFA Voysey and Walter Crane

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How graceful is this Voysey owl? Almost impossibly lovely, especially when my eye takes in those tubby acorns. A Voysey squirrel cannot be far away!

Part of 'The Owl' wallpaper frieze, with pairs of owls perched over nests of chicks; 1897; V & A. 🦉

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Constance Voysey, a relatively young Malkavian vampire with a sad and broken past. 🩸
My character for a Vampire the Masquerade game set in 1870s London 🍷

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´The world is getting weary of technical and intellectual skill. (...) And after the first violent reactionary symptoms have subsided, it is likely we shall see a genuine revival of artistic feeling.´ C.F.A. Voysey

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Okay, IT’S TULIP TIME.

Starting with these wallpapers, all from .

CFA Voysey, 1893-95.
Maxwell & Co., 1905-15. Pittsburgh W.P. Co., 1900.
Greeff Fabrics Inc., ca. 1948.

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C.F.A. Voysey's design for a wrought-iron hanging sign for Percy Heffer / Messrs. Heffer & Co's wallpaper showroom, 64 Berners Street, London. c.1902 Via collection

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'My Garden' by architect & designer Charles Voysey. Heavily influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement his 1929 watercolour has echoes of Morris’s Daisy wallpaper design. See it in Free, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun

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White Rabbit White Rabbit White Rabbit! CFA Voysey Alice in Wonderland tile (1 of several for Minton Co.!) https://t.co/Aw6KwlqX63

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