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Bobodilla

Carpet Design
ca 1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gray, Eileen (designer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Design for a carpet, geometic shapes in yellow, blue, grey and green on a brown background.

Object details

Categories
Floor Coverings
Designs
Textiles
Object type
Carpet design
TitleBobodilla (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, watercolour, gouache and paper collage on prepared card
Brief description
Eileen Gray, 'Bobodilla'. Design for a carpet. French, c. 1928
Physical description
Design for a carpet, geometic shapes in yellow, blue, grey and green on a brown background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.4cm
  • Width: 21.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in pencil on back with title)
Object history
This design was reproduced as Pl. 12[b] in Tapis Modernes by M. Matet, published by H Ernst, 35 rue St Vincent, Paris, 1929.
Subject depicted
Carpets
Bibliographic references
  • Dieter Roelstraete, ed. All That Is Solid. Five Reflections on Materialist Spirituality in Contemporary Art Mechelen: MuHKA, 2009. ISBN: 978-90-209-8318-0.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.535-1980

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166650/bobodilla-carpet-design-gray-eileen/
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