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Oyster Bay

Carpet Design
1966 (designed (pattern))
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This carpet design by Czech-born Jacqueline Groag (1903-1985) is called 'Oyster Bay' and was designed for the British company Andrew Gaskell Ltd. in 1966. Forty years earlier in Vienna, Groag had studied under and was highly influenced by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), an Austrian architect and designer. He was a founder of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who rejected the academic art establishment in Austria in 1897. This is a famous example of a European phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th century, when progressive artists decided to 'secede' or withdraw from the status quo and form their own artistic movements.

Groag's interpretation of Secessionist style is typified by dense patterns, no apparent orientation and an underlying structure of abstract geometric patterning. These could be squares, circles or amorphous shapes, as in this carpet design.

After a successful career on the European mainland, the designer and her architect/designer husband, Jacques Groag (1892-1962), moved to London in 1939 where they settled. In the post-war period, Jacqueline produced a prolific body of work to which this design belongs. Her impact on 20th century British design was honoured when she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry in 1964.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleOyster Bay (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bodycolour on the underside of a sheet of tracing paper
Brief description
Jacqueline Groag. "Oyster Bay". Design for a carpet manufactured by Andrew Gaskell Ltd. London, 1966.
Physical description
Abstract design on a piece of tracing paper, using asymmetric shapes and spaces in a pattern and painted in yellow, grey, white, rust and beige
Dimensions
  • Height: 61cm
  • Width: 91cm
Style
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
signed Jacqueline Groag 1966
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
This carpet design by Czech-born Jacqueline Groag (1903-1985) is called 'Oyster Bay' and was designed for the British company Andrew Gaskell Ltd. in 1966. Forty years earlier in Vienna, Groag had studied under and was highly influenced by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), an Austrian architect and designer. He was a founder of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who rejected the academic art establishment in Austria in 1897. This is a famous example of a European phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th century, when progressive artists decided to 'secede' or withdraw from the status quo and form their own artistic movements.

Groag's interpretation of Secessionist style is typified by dense patterns, no apparent orientation and an underlying structure of abstract geometric patterning. These could be squares, circles or amorphous shapes, as in this carpet design.

After a successful career on the European mainland, the designer and her architect/designer husband, Jacques Groag (1892-1962), moved to London in 1939 where they settled. In the post-war period, Jacqueline produced a prolific body of work to which this design belongs. Her impact on 20th century British design was honoured when she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry in 1964.
Bibliographic reference
John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Accession number
E.641-1984

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