Causeway

Causeway

Lucienne DayWW-1967-M114037
1967·Screen-printed cotton crepe·117 3/4 × 48 1/4" (299.1 × 122.6 cm)

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Year
1967
Dimensions
117 3/4 × 48 1/4" (299.1 × 122.6 cm)

Artist

Lucienne Day
Lucienne Day

Drawing

Lucienne Day was a British textile and wallpaper designer whose geometric and organic patterns defined postwar domestic modernism. Working primarily in screen-printed textiles and wallpapers from the 1950s onward, she developed a vocabulary of interlocking abstract forms and nature-inspired motifs that balanced strict design discipline with lyrical composition. Her work appeared in major British institutions and became synonymous with the Festival of Britain aesthetic. Day's influence extended across product design and interior architecture, establishing a model for artist-led industrial production in mid-century Britain.

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1991 · Silk, plain weaves; pieced; edges bound in cotton, plain weave

WW-1991-132026
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1991 · Graphite and pigment on paper

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1965 · Cotton, plain weave; screen printed

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Baldric (Fragment)

Baldric (Fragment)

1965 · Rayon and cotton, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

WW-1965-095308

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Year
1967
Dimensions
117 3/4 × 48 1/4" (299.1 × 122.6 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1967-M114037

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Lucienne Day

Lucienne Day

Drawing

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