Pamela

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Artist/Maker	Omega Workshops (designed for) Besselièvre (maker) Vanessa Bell (designer) Duncan Grant (designer)
Place of origin	Maromme (made)

This printed linen furnishing fabric was designed and sold by The Omega Workshops Ltd. Founded in 1913 by Roger Fry, Omega Workshops was a group of artists (including Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant) who designed furniture, pottery, carpets, textiles, stained glass and whole schemes of interior decoration. The Omega textile designs were ahead of their time and set a fashion for abstract and geometric patterns.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors Scotland
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Pamela (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Printed linen Linen Wool Yarn Printing
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Pamela' of printed linen, possibly designed by Vanessa Bell or Duncan Grant for Omega Workshops, made by Besselièvre, Maromme, France, 1913
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of printed linen. With an arc and angle pattern formed by bold lines and scalloped bands.
Dimensions	Height: 500mm Width: 810mm
Credit line	Given by the Manchester Design Registry
Summary	This printed linen furnishing fabric was designed and sold by The Omega Workshops Ltd. Founded in 1913 by Roger Fry, Omega Workshops was a group of artists (including Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant) who designed furniture, pottery, carpets, textiles, stained glass and whole schemes of interior decoration. The Omega textile designs were ahead of their time and set a fashion for abstract and geometric patterns.
Bibliographic references	The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection. British TExtiles from 1900-1937, London: V&A Publications, 1995,p. 38, cat. 24 Beyond Bloomsbury. Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009, p.128, cat. 39.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.426-1966

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Record created	February 10, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O92464/pamela-furnishing-fabric-vanessa-bell/

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