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Alastair Morton and the Edinburgh Weavers

Visionary Textiles and Modern Art

Lesley Jackson

£45.00

The Carlisle based company, 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.

publisher:

V & A publishing

pages:

352

Publication Date:

2012 February

format:

225mm x 280mm hardback

ISBN:

9781851776603