Name/Title
Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers : visionary textiles and modern artEntry/Object ID
N9500.M68.J33 2012Description
Edinburgh Weavers, in business from 1931 to 1963, was one of the most important textile companies of the 20th century. Alastair Morton, the visionary art director of the company, commissioned a remarkable series of textiles from leading British artists, including Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, and Elisabeth Frink, as well as artist-designers, such as Marion Dorn, Ashley Havinden, and Lucienne Day. Morton was also a gifted artist, textile designer, and weaver in his own right. This major work traces his wide-ranging career and records the history of Edinburgh Weavers and the glorious textiles it produced. Drawing on the V&A’s extensive archive, this impressive book features more than 500 images of artists’ textiles, unparalleled in quality and scope.Lexicon
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artist monographs, textile design--scotland, textile designers, textile fabrics--scotlandBook Details
Author
Lesley JacksonPublisher
V&A Publishing, Harry N. AbramsPlace Published
City
London, New York, NYCountry
England, United KingdomContinent
EuropeDate Published
2012Call No.
N9500.M68.J33ISBN
1851776605, 9781851776603LCCN
2011935126Notes
Length: 351General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
1. Origins and Ideals -- Birth of Edinburgh Weavers -- 2. A Laboratory for Modern Textile Art -- Edinburgh Weavers 1931--1939 -- 3. Constructivist Fabrics -- The Artist and the Machine -- 4. Alastair Morton: Artist -- Private Creative World -- 5. Alastair Morton: Designer -- An Independent Voice -- 6. Resurrection -- Edinburgh Weavers 1945--1955 -- 7. Paintings into Textiles -- Artists' Textiles 1953--1963 -- 8. Final Flowering -- Edinburgh Weavers 1956--1963.