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Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers

Visionary Textiles and Modern Art

Lesley Jackson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:V & A Publishing

Published:6th Feb '12

£45.00

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Edinburgh Weavers was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century.

Alastair Morton, 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 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 long overdue study 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 over 300 images of artists' textiles unparalleled in quality and scope and is an invaluable resource.

ISBN: 9781851776603

Dimensions: 279mm x 203mm x 32mm

Weight: 1941g

331 pages