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Carpet Design

1919-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Abstract geometric design in black, yellow, maroon, green and muddy brown. A large area left uncoloured near the centre with a maroon regular insert. Parallel green stripes in one corner, The same rough-textured paper ("wood-chip") used as in circ.238-1973. Narow complete margin left uncoloured.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Brief description
Eileen Gray. Design for a carpet. French, 1920s
Physical description
Abstract geometric design in black, yellow, maroon, green and muddy brown. A large area left uncoloured near the centre with a maroon regular insert. Parallel green stripes in one corner, The same rough-textured paper ("wood-chip") used as in circ.238-1973. Narow complete margin left uncoloured.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.3cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
Object history
Purchased from the artist in 1973.
Subject depicted
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.
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1973
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.239-1973

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2008
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