C.F.A. VOYSEY: ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGNER
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- Publishing house :
- VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
- Year of edition:
- 2016
- Matter
- applied arts
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85177-854-6
- Pages :
- 320
- Binding :
- TELA
- availability:
- Immediately available
C.F.A. Voysey (1857-1941) was an architect-designer who advocated honest and thorough design, and championed high standards of craftsmanship applied only to the finest materials. The resulting objects-simple yet elegant, often enhanced by beautiful and symbolic decoration-were considered revolutionary in their time and continue to enchant audiences today. The first substantial monograph to be published in 20 years, this comprehensive book focuses on Voysey as a designer of furniture, metalwork and textiles, providing a new analysis of his characteristic motifs and designs. It draws on the greatest public and private collections of his work to give a complete and fully illustrated account of Voysey's output and his vision for domestic life at the turn of the twentieth century.
