NEO CLASSICISM TO POP: European Textile Design 1790-1970 at Francesca Galloway LTD, London
Part I: Twentieth Century Textiles 6 June to 14 July 2007
Part II Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Textiles September 2007
Illustrated Catalogue www.francescagalloway.com

fig.: Calyx, 1952. British, by Lucienne Day for Greef Inc, screen- printed cotton (originally for Heal & Son)

Part I Twentieth Century Textiles second theme are textiles collected from the time after the Second World War. In Europe the "New Look" dominated the silhouettes and optimism was expressed with a new lightness made by fresh colors (pastels) and reduced graphics. ‘The Festival of Britain,’ held in 1951, was epitomised by Calyx which launched the career of its designer, Lucienne Day (this picture) and is now considered to be a landmark of post-War design. next >>>