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The Art of Modern Tapestry: Dovecot Studios Since 1912
Elizabeth Cumming
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Hardback. Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of an international tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios, since its foundation in Edinburgh in 1912, this groundbreaking publication uniquely explores the artistic value, nature and identity of tapestry through both images, essays and the commentaries of weavers, artists and patrons. Num Pages: 192 pages, Includes 130 colour and 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1182. Dovecot Studios Since 1912. 192 pages, Includes 130 colour and 10 b&w illustrations. Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of an international tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios, since its foundation in Edinburgh in 1912, this groundbreaking publication uniquely explores the artistic value, nature and identity of tapestry through both images, essays and the commentaries of weavers, artists and patrons. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFWH. Dimension: 265 x 222 x 23. Weight: 1186.
Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of an international tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios, since its foundation in Edinburgh in 1912, this ground-breaking publication uniquely explores the artistic value, nature and identity of modern tapestry through images, essays and the commentaries of weavers, artists and patrons. Dovecot Studios has constantly evolved since it was established before the Great War. Initial Arts and Crafts ideals developed into a more proactive engagement with modernism from the 1950s, when designs came from leading British artists such as Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Stanley Spencer, Cecil Beaton ... Read more
Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of an international tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios, since its foundation in Edinburgh in 1912, this ground-breaking publication uniquely explores the artistic value, nature and identity of modern tapestry through images, essays and the commentaries of weavers, artists and patrons. Dovecot Studios has constantly evolved since it was established before the Great War. Initial Arts and Crafts ideals developed into a more proactive engagement with modernism from the 1950s, when designs came from leading British artists such as Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Stanley Spencer, Cecil Beaton ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848221055
SKU
V9781848221055
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Ref
99-2
About Elizabeth Cumming
Art historian and curator, Dr Elizabeth Cumming is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a former Keeper of the Edinburgh City Art Centre and lecturer in design history at Edinburgh College of Art. David Weir practised as a lawyer in Glasgow and London before moving to live and work in France. Since 2000, as ... Read more
Reviews for The Art of Modern Tapestry: Dovecot Studios Since 1912
'This sumptuously illustrated catalogue charts the trials and tribulations, as well as the extraordinary talent of the world's longest running tapestry workshop.' Decorative Arts Society