Charles Voysey, an architect, first designed wallpapers, textiles and books, later furniture and metalwork. His work was inspired by the traditions of Gothic designs and by the swirling patterns of Morris and Mackmurdo, using lighter colours in his own patterns, often based on plant forms. Voysey’s domesticware was simple in his limiting of decoration to minimal forms, such as his recurring ‘heart’ and ‘flowerhead’ motifs. The work he produced with timber followed Arts and Crafts ideals about celebrating the properties of the material used.