Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers

Visionary Textiles and Modern Art

Lesley Jackson

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V & A Publishing
01 March 2012

Textile artworks; Fashion & textiles: design

Edinburgh Weavers was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century. Alastair Morton, visionary art director of the company, commissioned a remarkable series of textiles from leading British artists, including Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Elisabeth Frink, as well artist-designers, such as Marion Dorn, Ashley Havinden and Lucienne Day. Morton was also a gifted artist, textile designer and weaver in his own right. This long overdue study traces his wide-ranging career and records the history of Edinburgh Weavers and the glorious textiles it produced. Drawing on the V&A's extensive archive this impressive book features over 300 images of artists' textiles unparalleled in quality and scope and is an invaluable resource.

By: Lesley Jackson
Imprint: V & A Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.941kg
ISBN: 9781851776603
ISBN 10: 1851776605
Pages: 331
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lesley Jackson is a writer, curator and design historian specializing in twentieth-century design. She has written widely on post-war design and has published several books on textiles, including Robin and Lucienne Day (2001), 20th-Century Pattern Design (2002), From Atoms to Patterns (2008), and Shirley Craven and Hull Traders (2009).