Carvers

1902

CHARLES FRANCIS ANNESLEY VOYSEY (1857-1941)

These two carvers, designed by Voysey in 1902, will go on to have great success in the history of modernism and are among the most representative pieces of the designer’s production.

IN DETAIL

Dimensions

102 x 61 x 45 cm

Technique

Oak wood, with original rush seat pads

Description

The set of eight carvers designed by Voysey in 1902, and probably made by the carpenter FC. Nielsen, was rediscovered by Blairman in 1993. At that time, one was purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts, while two entered the collections of Francesca and Massimo Valsecchi.

Voysey’s maturity as a designer and thinker was established soon after. In his first publication, Reason as a basis of art (1906), we see principles that are fully embodied in this carver. For Voysey, the aim of interior design, consists in achieving absolute honesty and simplicity, allowing accessibility for all by not distorting the essential structure with superfluous ornaments and decorations.

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