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Furnishing fabric - Mechtilde

Mechtilde

  • Object:

    Furnishing fabric

  • Place of origin:

    Maromme, France (printed)

  • Date:

    1913 (printed)

  • Artist/Maker:

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

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed linen

  • Museum number:

    MISC.2:41-1934

  • 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 'Mechtilde', is likely to have been designed by the artist Frederick Etchells, a member of the group. This simple design was also used for a carpet woven by The Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, near Salisbury, in about 1915.

Physical description

Printed linen furnishing fabric with a design of rows of squares linked by vertical lines.

Place of Origin

Maromme, France (printed)

Date

1913 (printed)

Artist/maker

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

Materials and Techniques

Printed linen

Marks and inscriptions

On the front: 10 (twice)
On the back: Mechtilde 10/Mechtilde 1 (added later?)

Dimensions

Length: 78.8 cm, Width: 48.3 cm

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. 39, ill. 25.
The museum number is incorrect in the caption.
Beyond Bloomsbury. Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009, p. 119, cat. 35F.

Exhibition History

Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops, 1913-19 (Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Institute of Art 01/01/2006-20/09/2009)

Materials

Linen

Techniques

Printing

Categories

Textiles

Collection code

T&F

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