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Rug design

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934

Title

Rug design

Date of Production

1913 - 1914

Medium

graphite and watercolour on tracing paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 42 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.70

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

Label Text

This delicate and formal design has been traced and refined from an earlier sketch. This sheet is not a technical drawing, but rather an artist sketch representative of the preliminary creative stages. Drawings like this were later worked up before being sent for manufacture by professional rug-makers. Fry’s decision to design rugs at the Omega Workshops was bold, as none of his artists were familiar with the technical process of rug-making. In addition, many British rug manufacturers were closing around 1913-14.

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

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

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

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 3
ill. on p. 169

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263”.

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