Textile Design
ca. 1875 (made)
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Bruce Talbert first saw Japanese design at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London. It strongly influenced his work. Japanese designers were expert at producing geometric surface patterns in many variations and in many different materials. Metalwork and silk textiles were the easiest materials for European designers and manufacturers to produce in this new style. Talbert designed textiles with stylized and abstract Japanese decoration. Warner & Son of Braintree, Essex, made this design by Talbert for a woven silk. The company commissioned many designs from leading designers in the late 1800s and in the 20th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and body colour |
| Brief description | Bruce James Talbert. Design for a woven textile. British, c.1875 |
| Physical description | Design for a densely patterned woven textile |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Elizabeth Aslin |
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| Summary | Bruce Talbert first saw Japanese design at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London. It strongly influenced his work. Japanese designers were expert at producing geometric surface patterns in many variations and in many different materials. Metalwork and silk textiles were the easiest materials for European designers and manufacturers to produce in this new style. Talbert designed textiles with stylized and abstract Japanese decoration. Warner & Son of Braintree, Essex, made this design by Talbert for a woven silk. The company commissioned many designs from leading designers in the late 1800s and in the 20th century. |
| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.91-1974 |
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| Record created | February 20, 2003 |
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