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Cockatoo and Pomegranate wallpaper, designed by Walter Crane. Colour woodblock print on paper; Produced by Jeffrey & Co.; England in 1899.

Jeffrey & Co was an English producer of fine wallpapers that operated from 1836 to the 1930s.

History

The company was founded in 1836 at 64 Essex Road in London, England.

From 1864 to 1896, the company was owned by Metford Warner.

The company produced papers based on designs by William Morris as early as 1864. In 1871, under Warner's direction, it began printing papers by designers such as Walter Crane, Lewis F. Day, Bruce J. Talbert and C. F. A. Voysey.

Exhibitions and awards

IN 1851 the company exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. In 1878 the company received a gold medal at the Paris exhibition for their wallpaper Sunflowers, designed by Bruce J. Talbert.

Collections

Historical examples of the papers produced by Jeffrey & Co are found in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston the RISD Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

References

  1. Campbell, Gordon (2006). "Jeffrey & Co". The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195189483.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3.
  2. ^ "JEFFREY & CO., London". www.ngv.vic.gov.au.
  3. "Selling Victorian Wallpaper | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". www.cooperhewitt.org. 13 November 2019.
  4. "Roger Warner: Discerning antique dealer". The Independent. 22 October 2011.
  5. Boos, Florence S. (29 October 2020). The Routledge Companion to William Morris. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-85901-1.
  6. ^ "Jeffrey & Co's Artistic Wallpapers". collections.vam.ac.uk.
  7. ^ Drury, Elizabeth (1975). The Encyclopedia of Victoriana. Macmillan.
  8. Jackson, Lesley (2007). Twentieth Century Pattern Design. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-56898-712-5. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  9. ^ "The "Victorian" Wall-Papers". library.si.edu.
  10. "Jeffrey & Co: Wallpaper Sample". mfah.org.
  11. "wallpaper | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org.
  12. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Cockatoo and Pomegranate | Crane, Walter | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
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