Voysey Inspiration For His Rugs

Textile and wallpaper designs.

Voysey inspiration for his rugs.

Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery. The hand crafted voysey rugs typically woven in england scotland and ireland. The donegal rugs were predominantly created by english architect c f a. He loved to play nature against a flat surface in wallpapers rugs and textile design.

While modernism dictated simple geometries voysey balanced likeness and abstraction. This distinctive style was clearly the inspiration for his work in textiles printed and woven fabrics carpets embroidery and wallpaper design. Current rugs can be found in a number of original patterns as well as some looser interpretations of designs from the era. Modern rug manufacturers seek inspiration from the leading designers of the arts crafts period morris stickley voysey charles rennie mackintosh and dard hunter.

Contemporary rugs modern rugs old bookcase carpet sale floral area rugs traditional rugs red rugs brown floral colorful rugs jewel voysey rug style number 1654903 collection. Uk heritage rugs handknotted rug licensees for the british museum and the victoria and albert museum. Voysey had a knack for using contrasting shapes to decorate flat monochromatic spaces. Dark outlines added a flair of drama to his signature pattern and celtic rug designs.

Like all of c f a. All are made in nepal using chinese silk and new zealand wool stay in a voysey house. During his career voysey embraced the more ornate decorative styles associated with the art nouveau movement popular at the time 1880 1910. The collection features patterns and wallpapers inspired by the work of voysey and celebrates the depth and diversity of his work that incorporates many of the ideas and thoughts of the arts crafts movement.

Voysey these moda fabrics take inspiration from the v a s rich collection of work by the well respected architect and wall paper designer c f a voysey. The donnemara is a signature donegal carpets design which was produced in many colorways over the years. Voysey and gavin morton. Voysey s designs nature is a point of inspiration in this instance roses and tulips.

There s a pair of birds doves hiding in the greenery. We have created two matching cushion designs to complement our arts and crafts area rugs. But botanical accuracy is not as important as the creation of pattern rhythm and overall composition.