Design for textile
Textile Design
c. 1933 (made)
c. 1933 (made)
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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
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| Title | Design for textile (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil, some collage |
| 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'. |
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| Gallery label | 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(23/11/2023) |
| 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 |
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| Accession number | E.845-1978 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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