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He brought together a group of artists to design furniture, pottery, glass, textiles and entire schemes of interior decoration.  Their radically abstract  style, typified by this textile, was far ahead of its time and was influenced by developments in contemporary painting.In keeping with the painting tradition, Fry believed that designs should not be too mechanical and should show evidence of the artist's hand.  In his hand-knotted rugs, such irregularity is created in this case by painting or printing parts of the fabric after weaving. \r\n\r\nThe design for this piece was found in Vanessa Bell's studio after her death. It was one of four or five made for Lady Hamilton who was a patron of the avant-garde in London.She offered the Omega artists their only real opportunity to create a harmonised domestic decoration project, including marquetried furniture, mosaic and stained glass.","physicalDescription":"Hooked carpet of woollen pile on a jute warp and weft. The design is divided into three zones edged in black and dark red. Each zone is filled with irregular straight and diagonal lines. In one corner there is a small square outlined in black with what could be the Omega symbol in yellow.\r\n\nWarp: undyed jute [?]; Z2S; 19 threads per inch arranged in groups of three and five.\n\r\nWeft: undyed jute [?]; Z-spun; 2 threads per shoot; 4 shoots per inch.\n\r\nPile: wool; Z-spun. Colours: dark red, yellow, light blue, black and several shades of beige.\n\nEnd finish: 1 inch of plain weave turned under and stitched in place.\n\r\nBlue upholstery tape along three sides.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Bell, Vanessa","id":"A1864"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":"possibly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Omega Workshops","id":"A7158"},"association":{"text":"designed for","id":"x41471"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Ltd","id":"C398"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":"Possibly. This structure and construction of this carpet resembles those made by Wilton Royal Carpet Factory at this period. 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Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19</i>, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009, cat. 33, f. 111.\r\nThis rug is featured in a photograph on page 10 of the Omega products catalogue, showing it exhibited at the exhibition of Allied Artists, Holland Park Hall, 1914. "}],"production":"Attribution note: Notes made at the time of acquisition state that this carpet is one of a pair and that a third, larger carpet, completed the set. The structure is unlike other hand-knotted rugs for Omega Workshops by Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Ltd of this period. 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