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In a Blue Moon...

Carpet Design
c.1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Maxwell Armfield (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for a carpet


Object details

Categories
Floor Coverings
Textiles
Designs
Interiors
Object type
Carpet design
TitleIn a Blue Moon... (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chinese white
Pencil
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Kaolinite
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Maxwell Armfield. "In a Blue Moon...". Design for a carpet, British, c.1930.
Physical description
Design for a carpet
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.5cm
  • Width: 17.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Air No. 2 (B) (Lettered in top left corner in pencil and ink)
  • IN A BLUE MOON (Lettered in top right corner in blue paint)
  • HUE (Lettered, below right)
Credit line
Fine Art Society Ltd.
Bibliographic references
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Registers: 1976-1977
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.283-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036427/in-a-blue-moon-carpet-design-maxwell-armfield/
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