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Carpet

Carpet

  • Place of origin:

    India (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1935 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Grierson, Ronald, born 1901 (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Woven cotton and hand knotted wool

  • Museum number:

    T.440-1976

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

This hand-knotted wool carpet was designed by Ronald Grierson and made in India in 1935. The abstract design resembles synthetic Cubist paintings by Georges Braque (1882-1963) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Grierson was a freelance textile, carpet and wallpaper designer. He worked for a wide range of firms, including the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Ltd. and the Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd.

Physical description

Carpet of hand-knotted wool designed by Ronald Grierson and made for him in India. The ground is a pink-ish beige with a central abstract design resembling certain 'synthetic Cubist' works by Braque and Picasso. The design consists of various overlapped forms - rectangles and irregular curved areas with decorative infills - spots, stripes, meandering lines, etc., in cream, black and mid-brown. Signed in lower left in black pile.

Cotton warp, mixed (mainly wool) weft, mixed (mainly wool, Persian type knot) pile

Place of Origin

India (made)

Date

ca. 1935 (made)

Artist/maker

Grierson, Ronald, born 1901 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Woven cotton and hand knotted wool

Dimensions

Length: 272 cm, Width: 189 cm

Descriptive line

Carpet of woven cotton and hand-knotted wool, British design by Ronald Grierson, made in India, ca. 1935

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 113.

Exhibition History

British Carpets and Designs: The Modernist Rug (Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 01/11/1975-30/11/1975)

Materials

Wool

Techniques

Knotting

Categories

Household objects; Textiles; Interiors; Floor coverings

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O68217
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