Preliminary design for a carpet, with autumnal motifs of a sickle, ears of wheat and barley, and a fruiting grape vine. c.1934.
Drawing
| Artist/Maker |
Preliminary design for a carpet by Maxwell Armfield, 1934
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Preliminary design for a carpet, with autumnal motifs of a sickle, ears of wheat and barley, and a fruiting grape vine. c.1934. |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on tracing paper, mounted on laid paper watermarked with three crescent moons and a star |
| Brief description | Preliminary design for a carpet by Maxwell Armfield, 1934 |
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| Credit line | Given by Paul Liss |
| Object history | Armfield provided designs for carpets to John Crossley & Sons and to Tomkinsons Ltd. A more advanced, coloured version of this design is in a private collection. |
| Bibliographic reference | Maxwell Armfield 1881-1972 Catalogue of an exhibition held at Southampton Art gallery, 24 June - 23 July 1978. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.21-1997 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2009 |
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