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Motivated in part by the commercial success of several European artist workshops such as the Wiener Werkstätte, Fry brought together a group of artists to design furniture, pottery, glass, textiles and entire schemes of interior decoration. Believed to have been printed in France by Besselièvre, Omega textiles, which included hand painted batiks, machine printed linens and hand-tufted rugs were progressive in style, mirroring contemporary aesthetic preoccupations within the fields of painting and sculpture. \r\n\r\nDrawing upon his fine-art background, Fry believed that Omega's textile designs should err on the side of spontaneity, reflecting an expressive quality that only the artist's hand could invoke. One of just six printed linens produced by Omega, Maud (probably named after Lady Maud Cunard) was available in four colourways. The striking design is attributed to Omega's co-director, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961). Whilst it may have proved a touch too extrovert for everyday fashions, Fry wore Maud pyjamas in 1918 to a party for the Ballet Russes, and Duncan Grant (1885-1978) used Maud within his costume designs for Cocteau's experimental production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 1914.","physicalDescription":"Furnishing fabric of printed linen with an abstract design of rectangular and triangular shapes in two tones of green, mauve and salmon pink on a cream ground, the broad black lines emphasise the pattern, and the triangular shapes have a rough serrated edge.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Bell, Vanessa","id":"A1864"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Omega Workshops","id":"A7158"},"association":{"text":"designed for","id":"x41471"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Besselievre","id":"A13608"},"association":{"text":"printer","id":"x30811"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Linen","id":"x29412"},{"text":"wool yarn","id":"x30441"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printing","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printed linen","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2018KT0035","2018KT0036","2017KA1207"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES307872"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Furnishing fabric","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Maromme","id":"x38559"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"retailed","id":"x30772"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1913","earliest":"1908-01-01","latest":"1917-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss M. 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Hogarth (given 1930) - gave textiles between 1928 and 1935 (MA/1/H2383).\r\nMinute of 8.3.1930 in RPs regarding Circ. 3 - 11-1932 and T. 238-243-1931 by Director indicated: 'Examples of thse Omega fabrics are now difficult to procure and though they may not now be popular, yet they are interesting as representing a definite stage in the development of modern Decorative Art in this country.  I should like, therefore, to recommend that the gift be very gratefully accepted. The pieces are small and can be accommodated in the  portfolio. The duplicate pieces will be very useful, if required, for Circulation purposes.' Letter of acceptance dated 15/03/1930 and signed by Eric Maclagan. 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