Design
Design
1960 (designed)
1960 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is a design for a carpet commissioned by a City Livery Company in London, the Girdlers, from Dublin-based designers, Donegal Carpets in 1960. The original Girdlers Hall had been destroyed in the Blitz. Heal's supplied the furniture for the new building which was completed in January 1960, and with Heal's encouragement, the Girdlers' committee agreed that Donegal Carpets would create a set of traditional carpet designs to furnish the new building
The design is one of six given to the V&A by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers and form part of a larger collection of nineteen designs. The other thirteen have been given to the Guildhall Library (MS35955), because the Library also holds archives relating to the commission.
The design is one of six given to the V&A by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers and form part of a larger collection of nineteen designs. The other thirteen have been given to the Guildhall Library (MS35955), because the Library also holds archives relating to the commission.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Design |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a carpet for Girdlers Hall, by Donegal Carpets, 1960 |
| Physical description | Cream rectangular piece of paper covered with a piece of tracing paper showing the corner design for a rug. The top quarter section of the design in painted in watercolour whilst the bottom three quarters is a piece of tracing paper with a pencil design that has been affixed onto the cream paper with four pieces of sticky tapes. In the bottom left hand corner is a colour chart which picks out the colours in the top section of the design. A linear border with an occasional very simple floral motif with four petals and lines in between is either side of a traditional stylised floral motfi with decorative, swirling leaves. The top section of the diesn is painted in beige, dark pink, pale and dark green adn gold. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | bottom letft hand corner 'Scale :- one inch represents one foot', stamped on bottom left 'This sketch (No. 1053) is the property of:- Donegal Carpets Ltd. and is returnable to them at:- 20 Merrion Road, Dublin, Retained sketches will be charged at:- 5 guinesas each |
| Credit line | Given by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers |
| Summary | This is a design for a carpet commissioned by a City Livery Company in London, the Girdlers, from Dublin-based designers, Donegal Carpets in 1960. The original Girdlers Hall had been destroyed in the Blitz. Heal's supplied the furniture for the new building which was completed in January 1960, and with Heal's encouragement, the Girdlers' committee agreed that Donegal Carpets would create a set of traditional carpet designs to furnish the new building The design is one of six given to the V&A by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers and form part of a larger collection of nineteen designs. The other thirteen have been given to the Guildhall Library (MS35955), because the Library also holds archives relating to the commission. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.522-2005 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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