Design for a carpet

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Artist/Maker	Omega Workshops (designed for) Lewis, Wyndham (maker)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Abstract design for a rug or a carpet. Numbered '4'.

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Categories	Floor Coverings Designs Drawings Textiles
Object type	Carpet design
Title	Design for a carpet (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and black and blue inks on tracing paper Ink Pencil Tracing Paper Drawing
Brief description	Design for a carpet by Wyndham Lewis for Omega Workshops, ink on tracing paper, 1913
Physical description	Abstract design for a rug or a carpet. Numbered '4'.
Dimensions	Height: 26.67cm Width: 20.32cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'4' (Numbered)
Credit line	Given by Miss. Margery Fry, J.P.
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963 John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986 Cork, Richard, Vorticism and Its Allies. Hayward Gallery, London, 1974, no. 120
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.728-1955

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O578999/design-for-a-carpet-carpet-design-lewis-wyndham/

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