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Design for textile

Textile Design
c. 1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Allan Walton Textiles (designed for)
Grant, Duncan (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Textile design with diagonal rows of overlapping squares, rectangles and hexagons, and some blue squiggles. One of the squiggles is circled in pencil with the word 'mistake'.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Scotland
Object type
Textile design
TitleDesign for textile (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour and pencil, some collage
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Pencil
Collage
Watercolour Painting
Brief description
Design for textile, by Duncan Grant, for Allan Walton textiles, watercolour and pencil, ca. 1933
Physical description
Textile design with diagonal rows of overlapping squares, rectangles and hexagons, and some blue squiggles. One of the squiggles is circled in pencil with the word 'mistake'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 633mm
  • Width: 480mm
Marks and inscriptions
Gallery label
(23/11/2023)
Scottish born Duncan Grant (1885-1978) was a queer designer and artist in the Bloomsbury Group, formed in 1905. Linked by a spirit of rebellion, it consisted of philosophers and creatives who shared ideas, supported each other's work, and formed friendships and romances. This design of overlapping shapes could be seen as a nod to the quote that the Bloomsbury Group “lived in squares and loved in triangles” referencing the many interlocking romantic relationships of which Grant was central to.

Duncan Grant for Allan Walton Textiles
UK
Paper
V&A: E.845-1978
Scottish Design Galleries at V&A Dundee, Lavender Labels project
Bibliographic reference
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.845-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O552918/design-for-textile-textile-design-grant-duncan/
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