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Furnishing fabric - Amenophis

Amenophis

  • Object:

    Furnishing fabric

  • Place of origin:

    Maromme, France (printed)

  • Date:

    1913 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)
    Omega Workshops (vendor)
    Besselievre (printer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed linen

  • Museum number:

    MISC.2:40-1934

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This printed linen furnishing fabric was designed and sold by The Omega Workshops Ltd. Founded in 1913 by Roger Fry, Omega Workshops was a group of artists (including Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant) who designed furniture, pottery, carpets, textiles, stained glass and whole schemes of interior decoration. The Omega textile designs were ahead of their time and set a fashion for abstract and geometric patterns. This example 'Amenophis' is likely to have been designed by the founder Roger Fry, as it appears to be based on his oil paining of 1912, Still Life with Eggs and Books.

Physical description

Printed linen furnishing fabric with an abstract design of overlapped irregular planes and part ovals decorated with brush marks.

Place of Origin

Maromme, France (printed)

Date

1913 (made)

Artist/maker

Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)
Omega Workshops (vendor)
Besselievre (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Printed linen

Marks and inscriptions

On the front 3 (twice)
On the back: Amenophis 3/00580

Dimensions

Length: 60.2 cm, Width: 78.2 cm

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

The Victoria and Albert's Textile Collection. British Textiles from 1900 to 1937, London: V&A Publications, 1992, p. 28, pl. 21.
Beyond Bloomsbury. Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009, p. 124, cat. 37A.

Exhibition History

Twentieth Century Design (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1990-31/12/1992)
Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops, 1913-19 (Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute of Art 18/06/2009-20/09/2009)

Materials

Linen

Techniques

Printing

Categories

Textiles

Collection code

T&F

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