1960s Textile Designers
Textile designers from the 1960s with a brief history, background and information on each.
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James Leman's textile design album
The album contains ninety-seven designs for woven silk, painted in watercolour. Most date from 1706-1716, but a few are from about 1730. They are bound with two anonymous d…
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Textiles in the Archive of Art & Design
The Archive of Art and Design's holdings for Fashion Textiles demonstrate a number of different facets of the creative process, from the design of textiles to their product…
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Introduction to Indian textiles
Textiles have a long and distinguished history in the Indian sub-continent. The technique of mordant dyeing, which gives intense colours that do not fade, has been used by …
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Textile influences on wallpaper
Textile wallhangings of various kinds were the precursors of paperhangings, so it is not surprising that the earliest and most consistent influence on wallpaper design has …
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Furnishing Textiles in the Archive of Art & Design
In the 20th century Britain produced distinctive and popular textile designs. The collections of the Archive of Art and Design allow us to see a wide variety of fabrics tha…
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Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Visionary Textiles and Modern Art
Edinburgh Weavers was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century. Alastair Morton, visionary art director of the company, co…
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