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They achieved success in the UK and US under the enlightened directorship of Alastair Morton (1910-63), who commissioned freelance designers and artists to produce work for interpretation as printed and woven fabrics. Following Alastair Morton's death, Edinburgh Weavers was taken over by Courtaulds in 1963.","physicalDescription":"Woven ramie, wool and cotton, machine sewn top and bottom edges, loom width, one repeat in width. Design of geometric blocks in black, white and grey, reversible. 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The library was used by designers within Courtaulds and was also available for the use of Courtaulds’ customers. Following the acquisition of Courtaulds by the international corporation Sara Lee and the subsequent change in the business it was decided that the V&A would be the most appropriate location for the collection to enable it to be appreciated and used more fully. The Library was donated to the V&A by Sara Lee Courtaulds in 2001.\r\n\r\nNote attached in Courtauld Archivist's writing saying \" Oeta Vasarely ramie,wool cotton 1962\".\r\n\r\nMorton catalogue entry : \"A vastly enlarged version of one of Vasarely's precise and small-scale geometric abstract pictures. Every subtle variation in tone employed in Vasarely's \"colourless\" study is reflected in the weave, the yarn and the depth of white, grey or black employed in this heavy hanging.\"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"woven, British, Victor Vasarely for Edinburgh Weavers, 1962, \"Oeta\", blocks of black white and grey","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"The Mortons : Three Generations of Textile Creation (exhibition catalogue, V&A, 1973), cat. no. 277"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.275-2009"],"accessionNumberNum":"275","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":2009,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-05","recordCreationDate":"2009-11-03","availableToBook":true}}