Essex Hunt
Furnishing Fabric
1930 (made)
1930 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This printed cotton and monk’s cloth furnishing fabric was designed by Ruth Reeves (1892-1966) for W. & J. Sloane in 1930. Reeves trained with Fernand Léger (1881-1955) during the 1920s and was influenced by his Cubist paintings. She produced a wide range of printed and woven fabrics, mainly depicting modern life in America. Her most widely acknowledged commission was for the carpets in Radio City Music Hall in New York.
‘Essex Hunt’ shows alternating scenes of a house at the opening of a meet with hounds in a semicircle around a group of figures on the doorstep and the hunt in full cry. Both scenes are framed by foliage.
‘Essex Hunt’ shows alternating scenes of a house at the opening of a meet with hounds in a semicircle around a group of figures on the doorstep and the hunt in full cry. Both scenes are framed by foliage.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Essex Hunt (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Printed cotton, American, 1930. |
| Physical description | Repeat of a scene at the opening of a meet, hounds in a semi-circle around a group of figures on the doorstep of a house. Alternating with a scene of the hunt in full cry. Both scenes are framed by foliage. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by W.&J. Sloane |
| Object history | Registered File number 1618/1932 taken from Departmental record |
| Summary | This printed cotton and monk’s cloth furnishing fabric was designed by Ruth Reeves (1892-1966) for W. & J. Sloane in 1930. Reeves trained with Fernand Léger (1881-1955) during the 1920s and was influenced by his Cubist paintings. She produced a wide range of printed and woven fabrics, mainly depicting modern life in America. Her most widely acknowledged commission was for the carpets in Radio City Music Hall in New York. ‘Essex Hunt’ shows alternating scenes of a house at the opening of a meet with hounds in a semicircle around a group of figures on the doorstep and the hunt in full cry. Both scenes are framed by foliage. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 72.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.58-1932 |
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| Record created | September 11, 2002 |
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