C. F. A. VOYSEY (1857-1941) FOR ALEXANDER MORTON & CO.
‘THE DULEEK’ HANGING, CIRCA 1900
Jacquard-woven wool double cloth, with later linen border and lining
260cm x 113cm, 278cm x 128cm including border
Provenance: Phillips, Edinburgh Late 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts, 26th April 1996, lot 390 Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty 
Literature: V&A; accession no. CIRC.886-1967Note: The design was originally used as a wallpaper and was later adapted by the manufacturer Alexander Morton for this woollen textile, for transparent gauzes and for carpeting. Voysey's stylised birds and trees became his trademark, and symbolic of the Arts & Crafts movement. The fabric was sold through Liberty's shop in Regent Street. By the end of the 19th century the shop created what was described as 'a new English period' establishing a reputation as the main retailer of British Arts and Crafts goods.