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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Lucienne DAY, D. WHITEHEAD and others (designers). – [English School, Southsea].

[MCM Survey of the British Textile Industry]. Manuscript title ‘Designers in the Textile Industry…’

Original work - probably executed by a student.

Published: [Southsea?], [1954]

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Lucienne DAY, D. WHITEHEAD and others (designers). –  [English School (author & compiler)].

[MCM Survey of the British Textile Industry]. Manuscript title ‘Designers in the Textile Industry…’ [N.p. but possibly Southsea, Hampshire, England: 1954]. Large quarto (12 ½ x 9in; 317 x 228mm). [30 pages:] title (mimeographed sheet to verso), text pages, numbered from 1-9, 1 page of acknowledgments at the rear, 52 mounted samples of cloth (most anonymous but including work by Lucienne Day and David Whitehead) on 16 pages, 1 mounted magazine extract at the rear. Custom-made binding of black leather (spine chipped at head and foot, some wear to extremities).

Probably a student project: nicely presented with a good representative sample of some of the best designs of the time. The work of both Lucienne Day and David Whitehead are quite prominently displayed.

  • Binding Condition: Acceptable
  • Overall Condition: Acceptable
  • Size: 12 ½ x 9in; 317 x 228mm
  • Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
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