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Carpet Design

1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Edinburgh Weavers (manufacturers)
Nash, Paul (artist)
Robert Weymiss Symonds (designed for)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for a hooked rug, inscribed by the artist 'Design for rug 5'6'' square. 6 colours', with a list of the colours employed and with a note and numbered on the back '7508/14742'.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Drawings
Designs
Floor Coverings
Scotland
Object type
Carpet design
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Pencil
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Paul Nash. Design for a hooked rug for Robert Symonds and Edinburgh Weavers. British, 1936.
Physical description
Design for a hooked rug, inscribed by the artist 'Design for rug 5'6'' square. 6 colours', with a list of the colours employed and with a note and numbered on the back '7508/14742'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.48cm
  • Width: 30.80cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Design for rug 5'6'' square. 6 colours' (Inscribed by the artist)
  • (Inscribed with a list of the colours employed and with a note)
  • '7508/14742' (Numbered on the back)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Margaret Nash
Subject depicted
Rug
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • 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.5205-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O562412/carpet-design-nash-paul/
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