PALACE OF PEKING, TWO MOSAICS, I & II

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LUCIENNE DAY; UNITED KINGDOM
PALACE OF PEKING, TWO MOSAICS, I & II
1979, hand-stitched by the designer, silk mosaic panels
33¾in.(85.5cm.) x 27½in.(70cm.); 33¾in.(86cm.) x 23¾in.(60.5cm.)
Embroidered monogram L to one, paper labels to reverse of both (2)

Provenance

Prescote Gallery,
From where purchased by the vendor.

Literature

Cf: Lesley Jackson, Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Modern Design, London, 2001, pp.160-163 (related designs illustrated), also p.187, B37, cat.nos. 17 & 18 (these designs recorded).

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Lot Essay

Lucienne Day has remained at the vanguard of British textile design since the the late 1940s. Awarded a Gold Medal at the IX Triennale for her textile design Calyx, a pattern originally designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, Day began to produce silk mosaics in the late 1970s. The earlier examples illustrated an architectual approach, with all panels based on a 1cm. module. Day stitched the first examples herself, before designating the time-consuming task to her niece, Karin Conradi, for works subsequent to 1980. "Palace of Peking", numbers "1" and "2", were exhibited, and purchased by the vendor from, Day's first exhibition devoted to this medium at the Prescote Gallery, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, 1979.

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