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Bed

Bed

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (made)

  • Date:

    1915 (designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted wood, with cotton-covered mattress

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Mrs F. C. O. Speyer

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.270 to G-1975

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This is the headboard of a bed that was painted by the Omega Workshops. It formed part of a suite of bedroom furniture made for the London flat of Lala Vandervelde. The art critic and painter Roger Fry founded the Omega Workshops in 1913. He was inspired both by William Morris and by French Post-Impressionist painting. Artists from the Bloomsbury Group designed furnishings and interiors for the Workshops. Much of the furniture, such as this bed, was painted in a style inspired by folk art, as well as by new developments in painting. Roger Fry probably designed the bed himself. Lala Vandervelde was a friend of Fry's and the wife of the Belgian ambassador. Two wardrobes and two corner cupboards, which are also said to have been made for her flat, are in the V&A collection (CIRC.271 to 273-1975).

Physical description

Bed, with panelled headboard and footboard, the headboard painted with a reclining nude figure and the footboard with a bowl of fruit. Two angle-iron stretchers suppport a mattress on a wooden slatted base.

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1915 (designed)

Artist/maker

Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Painted wood, with cotton-covered mattress

Dimensions

Height: 45.7 cm, Width: 91 cm, Depth: 201 cm

Object history note

Decorated as part of a suite of furniture designed ofr the apartment of Lala Vandervelde in Rossetti Mansions, Flood St., London.

Descriptive line

Painted bed designed by Roger Fry; Omega workshops

Exhibition History

Art made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art (Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute of Art 15/10/1999-23/01/2000)

Labels and date

BED
Possibly painted by Roger Fry (British, 1866-1934)
Decorated for Omega Workshops, London
Painted wood
1916
Said to have been part of a suite of furniture decorated for the apartment of Madame Lalla Vandervelde, the wife of the Belgian War Minister, in Rosetti Mansions, Flood Street, London. The suite itself probably consisted of ready-made pieces purchased by Omega for decorating.

Bequest of Mrs F.C.O. Speyer
Circ.270-1975 [1989-2006]

Production Note

Reason For Production: Commission

Materials

Wood

Techniques

Painting

Subjects depicted

Women; Fruit; Nudes; Fruit bowls

Categories

Furniture

Production Type

Unique

Collection code

FWK

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