Wallpaper by Charles Voysey
Simple, flat birds and trees in light colours – the Arts and Crafts wallpaper that points towards the 20th century.
Charles Voysey designed wallpapers and fabrics for several makers from the 1880s. His patterns were simpler and sparser than Morris’s and left more air on the wall.
The light, clean patterns suited his white houses and became a model for designers both in Britain and on the Continent around 1900.
Materials: Paper, machine- or hand-printed
Manufacture: Printed by makers such as Essex & Co. in London.
Flat areas of colour without shadows.
Stylised birds, trees and hearts in airy rows.
Light, clear colours and plenty of ground.