Amenophis
Furnishing Fabric
1913 (made)
1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Omega Workshops were founded in 1913 by the British designer and painter Roger Fry (1866-1934). Motivated in part by the commercial success of several European artist workshops such as the Weiner Werkstätte, Fry brought together a group of artists to design furniture, pottery, glass, textiles and entire schemes of interior decoration. Believed to have been printed in France by Besselièvre, Omega textiles, which included hand painted batiks, machine printed linens and hand-tufted rugs were progressive in style, mirroring contemporary aesthetic preoccupations within the fields of painting and sculpture.
Drawing upon his fine-art background, Fry believed that Omega's textile designs should err on the side of spontaneity, reflecting an expressive quality that only the artist's hand could invoke. One of just six printed linens produced by Omega, Amenophis is likely to have been designed by the founder, Roger Fry, as it appears to be based on his oil painting, Still Life with Jugs and Eggs (1911-12).
Drawing upon his fine-art background, Fry believed that Omega's textile designs should err on the side of spontaneity, reflecting an expressive quality that only the artist's hand could invoke. One of just six printed linens produced by Omega, Amenophis is likely to have been designed by the founder, Roger Fry, as it appears to be based on his oil painting, Still Life with Jugs and Eggs (1911-12).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Amenophis (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed linen |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Amenophis' of printed linen, designed by Roger Fry, printed by Besselièvre in Maromme, France, retailed by Omega Workshops, 1913 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of printed linen with an abstract design of overlapping irregular planes and part ovals decorated with brush marks. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Margery Fry |
| Summary | The Omega Workshops were founded in 1913 by the British designer and painter Roger Fry (1866-1934). Motivated in part by the commercial success of several European artist workshops such as the Weiner Werkstätte, Fry brought together a group of artists to design furniture, pottery, glass, textiles and entire schemes of interior decoration. Believed to have been printed in France by Besselièvre, Omega textiles, which included hand painted batiks, machine printed linens and hand-tufted rugs were progressive in style, mirroring contemporary aesthetic preoccupations within the fields of painting and sculpture. Drawing upon his fine-art background, Fry believed that Omega's textile designs should err on the side of spontaneity, reflecting an expressive quality that only the artist's hand could invoke. One of just six printed linens produced by Omega, Amenophis is likely to have been designed by the founder, Roger Fry, as it appears to be based on his oil painting, Still Life with Jugs and Eggs (1911-12). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.33-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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