Title

Alphabet design for tiles, 1864, (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Alphabet design for tiles, 1864, (1881). Alphabet with figures, designed by Godfrey Sykes for tiles in the South Kensington Museum's Centre Refreshment Room and Ceramic Gallery. Woodcut after a pen drawing by Godfrey Sykes. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_006

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,1Mb (2,5Mb) / 13,6in x 18,3in / 4089 x 5476 (300dpi)

Keywords

interior arts art book letter museum room design decoration decorative text tiles Victorian century inside alphabet interior design literature graphics dining room lettering tiling interior decoration 19th century graphic design Indoors B W dining-room Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum refreshment room Godfrey Sykes engraving woodcut wood engraving Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown V&A V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston Sykes Godfrey Ceramic Gallery Ceramics Gallery