SCREEN PRINTED COTTON
124 x 109cm
LITERATURE
Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Lesley Jackson, Mitchell Beazley, 2001 The New Look: Design in the Fifties, Lesley Jackson, Thames and Hudson, 1991
Twentieth Century Textiles, Francesca Galloway, Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 2007
Designing Women of Post War Britain, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, USA, 2008
Textile Design, Lucienne Day, Andrew Casy, Antique Collectors Club, 2014
EXHIBITIONS
Designing Women of Post War Britain, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, USA, 2008
Women Design, Mid-Century Britain, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, USA, 2010 Designing Women – Post War British Textiles, Fashion and Textiles Museum, London, 2012 Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2001
COLLECTIONS
The Victoria & Albert Museum
H. Kirk Brown III and Jill A. Wiltse, Denver, Colorado, USA
£3,500
British Lucienne Day is one of the best-known post-war textile designers. Born in Surrey, she studied at Croydon School of Art and The Royal College of Art in London. During her career she won many awards, including the Gran Premio prize at the Milan Triennale 1954. She is noted for using Surrealist imagery as a key influence in her designs.