Rug design

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1885-1978

Attributed to
(artist)
1879-1961

Title

Rug design

Date of Production

1913 - 1915

Medium

graphite and bodycolour on wove paper; large losses along entire left and right edges made up

Dimensions

Height: 50.8 cm
Width: 50.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.21

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This design for a square-shaped rug employs interlocking diamonds and overlapping diagonals inspired by Kuba textiles from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kuba patterns are known for their surface decoration and complexity of design in which they often interrupt the expected line. Fry saw tribal art as a source of inspiration to rejuvenate contemporary art and design. The Omega Workshops both integrated these patterns into their designs and sold African textiles and pottery directly to the public.

Provenance

Roger Fry (1866-1934); by descent to his daughter Pamela Diamand; Pamela Diamand Gift 1958

Exhibition History

Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops, The Wolfson Gallery, Charleston, East Sussex, 14/09/2019-19/01/2020

Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018

Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017 ...More

Un Altro Tempo. Vite Nell'Arte, MaRT & Roverto & Italy, 22/09/2012-13/01/2013

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009

Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 01/08/1990-02/12/1990 ...Less

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 8
dated 1913-15, no artist assigned

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (currently hidden): lower left, blue ink: “HHF 263” [if a number is added after in graphite cannot see with transmitted light due to bodycolour on recto].

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