Rug

Maker

(designer)
1885-1978

Title

Rug

Date of Production

(1913 or later) 1913 - 1915

Medium

Hand-knotted wool with a jute or hemp warp.

Dimensions

Width: 265 cm
Length: 221 cm

Accession Number

T.1958.PD.267

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords


Label Text

Grant’s bold geometric design for this rug borrows liberally from African textiles, examples of which were sold at the Omega Workshops. In a later lecture by Fry, the rug was shown next to a picture of a Kuba textile from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The design was originally created for the Omega’s Post-Impressionist Room at the Ideal Home Exhibition in 1913. Over time the rectangular shape of the rug has become uneven.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

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

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 ...Less

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 17

Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 147

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