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Two designs, one a sketch for Mechtilde carpet or rug

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934

Title

Date of Production

1913 - 1914

Medium

graphite and bodycolour on graph paper, with pinholes at all corners; sheet had been folded into three unequal fields to isolate each design

Dimensions

Height: 40 cm
Width: 31.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.69

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Textile design drawings

Label Text

The pattern ‘Mechtilde’, named after Princess Mechtilde Lichnowsky, the wife of the German ambassador and supporter of the Omega Workshops, appears here in the smaller of the two sketches. It was one of six designs the Omega produced as printed linens. Later, the linen design was translated for use as a carpet. The reuse of designs across multiple media was encouraged at the Omega Workshops. ‘Mechtilde’ was among the most austere and geometric of the Omega’s patterns.

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

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

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

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 28
ill. on p. 109

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite: “5’ x 2 ½’”; left centre, graphite: “6 x 3”. Verso: upper left, blue ink: “HHF 263.” and added after in graphite: “/69”.

Collector's mark: none.

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