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Furnishing fabric - Margery

Margery

  • Object:

    Furnishing fabric

  • Place of origin:

    Maromme, France (made)
    London, England (retailed)

  • Date:

    1913 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)
    Omega Workshops (retailer)
    Besselievre (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed linen

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Manchester Design Registry

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.423-1966

  • 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 like this one.

Physical description

Furnishing fabric of printed linen. With a design of cones with infills of brush strokes.

Place of Origin

Maromme, France (made)
London, England (retailed)

Date

1913 (made)

Artist/maker

Fry, Roger, born 1866 - died 1934 (designer)
Omega Workshops (retailer)
Besselievre (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Printed linen

Dimensions

Length: 67.5 cm, Width: 79 cm, Width: 30.5 in, Length: 28.5 in

Descriptive line

Furnishing fabric 'Margery' of printed linen, designed by Roger Fry, made by Besselièvre, Maromme, France, retailed by Omega Workshops, London, 1913

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

The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection. British Textiles from 1900 to 1937 (London: V&A Publications, 1992), p. 38, ill. 22.
Detail of piece

Exhibition History

The Omega Workshops 1913-1919 (Crafts Council 01/01/1984-31/12/1984)

Materials

Linen

Techniques

Printing

Categories

Textiles; Interiors

Collection code

T&F

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