Work of the Week 31: Sample of moquette by Marianne Straub
fabric sample, 1966 – 1970 Not all of the works in our Collection are finished artworks. Moquettes such as this example, with a simple linear pattern, were used increasingly in the 1970s and 80s. This design features a geometric intercrossing ‘block’...
Work of the Week 30: Tea at Furlongs by Eric Ravilious
1939, watercolour Anyone who has managed to find Furlongs within the fields of the South Downs will understand why it inspired Eric Ravilious so much. The views and interiors at Furlongs – the home of his friend, the designer Peggy Angus – became the...
Work of the Week 29: The Walled Garden by Keith Vaughan
lithograph, 1951 ‘The Walled Garden’ is one of two works by Keith Vaughan featuring in Lithographic Fever, currently at The Fry Art Gallery Too. Both were published in 1951, but while ‘Dancers’ looks forward to Vaughan’s latter assemblies of male nudes – creating a...
Work of the Week 28: Morris Dancing at Thaxted by Walter Hoyle
poster, 1964 Walter Hoyle’s poster celebrating the Morris Dancing at Thaxted perfectly captures the colour and exuberance of the age-old tradition of this English folk dance. In late May or early June, the Thaxted Morris Men perform their version of the Abbots Bromley...