The designs by the Silver Studio were also sold in America and Europe and cover a variety of styles, from Art Nouveau to Japonisme to Moderne.
We also have designs for textiles and wallpapers by other people including Enid Marx.
See a selection of designs from our collection
How have people used the design collections?
James Millar: Finding Inspiration in the Silver Studio Collection
Textile designer James Francis Millar talks about finding inspiration in the Silver Studio Collection [Video].
Sarah Kadrnka: illustrations with watercolour
We hear from Sarah Kadrnka, Middlesex University Illustration student, who was inspired by designs from the Silver Studio Collection [Video].
Sofia Picciuto: “Old King Cole”
Sofia Picciuto, Illustration student at Middlesex University, was inspired by a nursery rhyme [Video].
A few wallpaper designs from the Silver Studio Collection
Tulip Design
A William Morris influenced design with stylised tulip-like flowers and acanthus leaves organised in lush organic curves.
Japanese lady holding a fan
In the 1920s, wallpaper designs inspired by a romantic view of the Orient became popular.
Water and waves
A design for a wallpaper, probably by Arthur Silver for the Silver Studio in around 1890.
A few textile designs from the Silver Studio Collection
Silver Studio textile, 1934|||Cubist furnishing textile
A Cubist, block printed linen furnishing textile designed by John Churton for the Silver Studio in 1934.
Japanese parasols
A design for a printed textile by Winifred Mold of the Silver Studio in 1919.
Iris Design
These two sketches for Barbour furnishing textile designs were by Arthur Silver for the Silver Studio in 1892.
A few book cover designs from the Silver Studio Collection
Trial design for a book cover for Le. E. Tidderman’s ‘Little Ladybird’
This design by the Silver Studio from 1896 is a trial for a book cover for Le.
Trial design for a book cover for ‘Our Little Nan’, by Emma Leslie
A trial book cover design by the Silver Studio for the publishers Blackie & Son Ltd.
Tracing Paper
MoDA's Preventative Conservation Officer, Emma Shaw, shares her knowledge of tracing papers
Funded Conservation: AHRC Interwar Suburban Style (2006)
A generous grant of £42,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded an ambitious re-housing and cataloguing program of around 3,000 Silver Studio designs on paper.
(2006) Funded Conservation: Silver Studio designs
In 2006 a grant from the MLA enabled us to re-house some original Silver Studio designs for wallpaper, dating from the 1880s and 1890s.