Chair with embroidered seat back
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934
Attributed to
(embroiderer)
1879-1961
Attributed to
(embroiderer)
1891-1981
(artist)
1866-1934
Attributed to
(embroiderer)
1879-1961
Attributed to
(embroiderer)
1891-1981
Title
Chair with embroidered seat back
Date of Production
1913
Medium
Painted wood, leather; chairback worked in cross-stitch with coloured wools.
Dimensions
Height: 105.3 cm
Width: 59.8 cm
Width: 59.8 cm
Accession Number
F.1960.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Marianne Rodker, gift, in memory of her husband, John Rodker, 1960
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Omega furniture was manufactured by commercial firms but decorated in a modern style. This chair was likely embroidered by Vanessa Bell or Winifred Gill, the Omega’s young manager. Embroidery appeared on seatbacks, cushions and firescreens and was always done by the women artists.
Provenance
Fry, Roger Eliot (in Roger Fry's house, Durbins, before it was sold in 1919) & Rodker, John & Rodker, Marianne (Mrs)
Exhibition History
Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018
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 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, 01/09/1986-01/10/1986
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Grafton Group Exhibition, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 15/03/1913-31/03/1913 ...Less
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 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, 01/09/1986-01/10/1986
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Grafton Group Exhibition, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 15/03/1913-31/03/1913 ...Less
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 73
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1986
cat. no. 52 ...More
cat. no. 73
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1986
cat. no. 52 ...More
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