Alastair Morton and the Edinburgh Weavers
Visionary Textiles and Modern Art
£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