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Margery

Furnishing Fabric
1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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 like this one.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMargery (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed linen
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Margery' of printed linen, designed by Roger Fry, made by Besselièvre, Maromme, France, retailed by Omega Workshops, London, 1913
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of printed linen. With a design of cones with infills of brush strokes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 67.5cm
  • Width: 79cm
  • Width: 30.5in
  • Length: 28.5in
Credit line
Given by the Manchester Design Registry
Summary
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 like this one.
Bibliographic reference
The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection. British Textiles from 1900 to 1937 (London: V&A Publications, 1992), p. 38, ill. 22.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.423-1966

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2004
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