BIRD CHAIR, 1952

ROLLER PRINTED RAYON
54 x 62cm
David Whitehead Ltd

 

LITERATURE
The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution, Lesley Jackson, Phaidon, 1998
20th Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers, Lesley Jackson, Mitchell Beazley, 2002 David Whitehead Ltd, Artist Designed Textiles 1952-1969, Oldham Leisure Services, 1993Austerity to A uence – British Art & Design 1945 – 1962, Merrell Holberton Publishers, 1997Designing Women of Post War Britain, Colorado Springs Fine Art Centre, USA, 2008
Textile Design, Lucienne Day, Andrew Casy, Antique Collectors Club, 2014

EXHIBITIONS
David Whitehead Artist Designed textiles 1952 – 1969, Oldham Art Gallery, 1994 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

£1,500

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Biography


Marian Mahler [ 1911 - 1983 ]

Austrian / British. Marian Mahler was born in Vienna and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule. She moved to Britain in 1937. In the 1950s she worked for Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. At David Whitehead Ltd she was given a mandate to reinvigorate the company by producing affordable textiles with good design.

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