Jeffrey & Co

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.[1][2][3]

From 1864 to 1896, the company was owned by Metford Warner.[4]

The company produced papers based on designs by William Morris as early as 1864.[5][6] In 1871, under Warner's direction, it began printing papers by designers such as Walter Crane,[7] Lewis F. Day, Bruce J. Talbert and C. F. A. Voysey.[6][8]: 13 [9]

Exhibitions and awards

IN 1851 the company exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London.[9] In 1878 the company received a gold medal at the Paris exhibition for their wallpaper Sunflowers, designed by Bruce J. Talbert.[7]

Collections

Historical examples of the papers produced by Jeffrey & Co are found in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston[10] the RISD Museum,[11] the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia,[2] and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[6][12]

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Jeffrey & Co's Artistic Wallpapers". collections.vam.ac.uk.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.