Design for a carpet

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Artist/Maker	Omega Workshops (maker) Etchells, Frederick (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

Abstract design for a carpet.

Object details

Categories	Designs Textiles Floor Coverings
Object type	Carpet design
Title	Design for a carpet (generic title)
Materials and techniques	pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper. Gouache Watercolour (Paint) Pencil Drawing Watercolour Painting
Brief description	Design for a carpet, by Frederick Etchells for Omega Workshops, pencil and gouache, 1913
Physical description	Abstract design for a carpet.
Dimensions	Sheet size height: 44cm Sheet size width: 27cm Measured by Juliet Ceresole, July 2008
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	Omega Workshops device (Inscribed within the design by the artist) Translation Omega Symbol
Gallery label	Frederick Etchells (1886-1973) Design for a rug British, 1913 Pencil, watercolour and body colour This is a preliminary design for a rug whic was shown at the 1913 Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, where the Omega Workshops display took the form of a furnished sitting room. Etchells only designed for Omega Workshops from January to October 1913 when he, together with the painters Wyndham Lewis and Edward Wadsworth, walked out in protest at the conditions of the Ideal Homes commission. After a few years as a painter Etchells trained as an architect and is now best remembered as the translator of Le Corbusier's Vers une Architecture. E.730-1955 Given by Margery Fry J.P.
Credit line	Given by Miss Margery Fry J.P.
Production	Produced for the Omega Workshops Ltd. In Bloomsbury
Subject depicted	Carpets
Bibliographic references	Gerstein, Alexandra (ed.), Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19 London : The Courtauld Gallery, 2009 18 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.730-1955

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Record created	March 4, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O198253/design-for-a-carpet-carpet-design-etchells-frederick/

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