Relative Ties

Name: Relative Ties
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ISBN: 9781917976008

Mabel Nicholson, Nancy Nicholson, EQ Nicholson and Louisa Creed

Harriet Loffler

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English

Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
10 March 2026

History of Art & Design Styles; Decorative arts; Gender studies: women

An exploration of the Nicholson women’s artistic legacy across three generations, highlighting matrilineal influence, creative collaborations, textiles, and painting

Relative Ties highlights the work of three generations of women artists from the illustrious Nicholson family—Mabel Nicholson, Nancy Nicholson, EQ Nicholson, and Louisa Creed—and explores what women inherit from their mothers, what can be passed down matrilineal lines, and the importance of siblings to a creative practice. It brings together designs, paintings, preparatory drawings, textiles, and wallpaper, alongside unprecedented insights into the tools and techniques the artists used.

Together, the Nicholson women—Mabel, her daughter Nancy, daughter-in-law EQ, and EQ’s daughter Louisa—form a celebrated line of artists working from the late nineteenth century to the present day across a multiplicity of spaces, contexts, and mediums, ranging from paintings and works on paper to wallpaper and fabric.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, this catalogue also includes a newly commissioned work by contemporary artist Katie Schwab (b. 1985) responding directly to the Nicholson women’s legacy.

By: Harriet Loffler
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781917976008
ISBN 10: 1917976003
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 10 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harriet Loffler is the Director of The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Jes Fernie is an independent curator and writer. Katie Schwab works with installation, textiles, furniture and moving image to explore personal and social histories of craft, design and education. Tim Nicholson is a painter and the son of EQ and Kit Nicholson.