[TEXTILES] [TYPESCRIPT] Designers in the Textile Industry

[Lucienne Day, David Whitehead, and others - subjects]

Published by [not published], [no place, but England], 1955

About this Item

Tall quarto (228mm x 317mm), unpaginated [30pp.], illustrated. Black leather album with 15 leaves, with all rectos and versos used. 9 numbered pages, with 52 mounted cloth samples on 16 pages. A curious and well-illustrated bound typescript--really a handmade book--possibly a student project, which consists of a survey of the state of textile design in postwar Britain. Though certainly a study of the field, it's also a kind of manifesto, as the author makes their opinions known. For example, "Simplicity as well as suitability is also the basis of good design. Designs which are clutteed and over-worked are never good. It is clearly seen in the examples opposite that simple spots and stripe designs are the most satisfying." Though the captions for the various textile samples are short and generally do not identify the artist, the text clearly identifies the work of Lucienne Day and David Whitehead, whose samples are havily represented as "good" examples of modern textile design. The author makes it clear that, in so many words, the "establishment" of British textile manufacturers of the period were clinging desperately to Victorian-style designs, elaborate floral prints, and the like, while the more whimsical, stylized forms offered by Day and Whitehead were the clear path forward. Condition: gutter exposed in a few places, but structurally sound, some rubbing and scuffing to board edges, and a faint general mustiness internally, but a clean, very good example. Some glued elements loosened, but nothing missing or in danger of disappearing.

Seller Inventory # 11570

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [TEXTILES] [TYPESCRIPT] Designers in the Textile Industry
• Publisher: [not published], [no place, but England]
• Publication Date: 1955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Design