Pillar

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V&A South Kensington
Design 1900 to Now, Room 74

Artist/Maker	Edinburgh Weavers (manufacturer) Barbara Hepworth (designer)
Place of origin	Carlisle (made)

Furnishing fabric of Jacquard-woven cotton and rayon. With a geometrical design of wide vertical bands of pale green, grey and cream enlivened with well spaced rectangles in cream, burgundy and scarlet stripes.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors Scotland
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Pillar (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Jacquard-woven cotton and rayon Cotton Rayon Weaving
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Pillar' of Jacquard-woven cotton and rayon, designed by Barbara Hepworth, made by Edinburgh Weavers, Carlisle, 1937.
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of Jacquard-woven cotton and rayon. With a geometrical design of wide vertical bands of pale green, grey and cream enlivened with well spaced rectangles in cream, burgundy and scarlet stripes.
Dimensions	Length: 263cm Width: 117.5cm (max width) Width: 115.5cm (width of attached velcro)
Gallery label	(2021) Contemporary art for the home The textile company Edinburgh Weavers was founded in 1928 to bring modern textile design into the home. They produced this fabric based on a design commissioned from the British artist Barbara Hepworth. Her geometric design with blocks of contrasting colours drew on Constructivism, a Russian art movement which advocated for art to reflect the modern industrial world. Geometric furnishing fabric ‘Pillar’ from the Constructivist Textiles range, 1937 Designed by Barbara Hepworth Manufactured by Edinburgh Weavers, UK Jacquard-woven cotton and rayon Museum no. CIRC.170-1938 The object sits in the 'Housing and Leaving' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.
Credit line	Purchased from Edinburgh Weavers
Object history	Historical significance: This and CIRC.470-1939, CIRC.471-1939, CIRC.523-1954 and CIRC.172-1938 are from the range of 'Constructivist Textiles' designed by Hepworth and Ben Nicholson for Edinburgh Weavers in Autumn 1937.
Bibliographic reference	Hollis, Marianne and Opie, Jennifer. Thirties: British Art and Design before the war. London : Arts Council, 1979. Catalogue 10.5.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.170-1938

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Record created	October 18, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68565/pillar-furnishing-fabric-barbara-hepworth/

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