This is the second in the pub poster series and relies on Voysey’s view of the 17th and 18th idealized rural English life where all was sweetness and light. These are the folk he imagined dwelt in the homes that were the basis for his cottage style of architecture. Voysey was ever the romantic and earnestly believed in the basic goodness and rightness of things based on his unorthodox religious upbringing. His own marriage was less than a full success but his love of its virtues never wavered. These reproductions have been redrawn and colored to closely resemble the originals and are 16 inches wide by 20 inches tall.
It has been said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. In truth it is more often than not theft of intellectual property.
All of the flat pattern design offered by Trustworth Studios comes from either my own original document archive (original period wallpaper samples) or from private collections from which I was given exclusive rights to reproduction. All of the designs are meticulously researched as to scale, color and original rendering intent.
Occasionally only fragmentary documents exist of a particular pattern. Using elements from the Voysey notebooks I was able to logically complete these designs by careful comparison of sketches and matching them to the fragmentary remains. When these designs are copied by other firms and are offered for sale they are intellectual property theft of an even more odious nature and demonstrate a low and mercenary disregard for morality.
Every pattern shown on the Trustworth Studios website predates any modern, post 21st century company’s offering.
The most copied but never equaled design is the pattern known as “Apothecary’s Garden”. That design came from a private commercial archival collection. I was granted he exclusive reproduction rights to that design by the grandson of the man who contracted Voysey to supply their firm with pattern. That design was never given a name by CFA Voysey. Whilst visiting here at my studio Richard Pugh-Cook, that grandson and head of Tomkinson Carpets, liked the name I suggested and we mutually agreed to name the design.
Hey Diddle Diddle survives only as a fragment approximately 60% complete. I was able to consult the Voysey notebooks to complete the likely original full pattern intent. The spoon is drawn from my original Voysey silver spoons and the dish is from a Voysey repouseé serving piece design. The neck of the fiddle and the ribbon are completely Trustworth Studios.
It has always been my policy to respect and to never ever reproduce any work that is already in current production. To do so is immoral, shamelessly mercenary and venal. It is also devoid of any artistic integrity.
