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MAINIE JELLETT AND HER CUBIST
RUG DESIGNS - by Bruce Arnold
Mainie Jellett was part of the explosion of
‘Modernism’ in 1920s Europe and part too of
the ‘Art Deco’ movement that revolutionised
thinking in design, colour and composition.
The movement influenced design quite
fundamentally and Mainie Jellett, the
leading woman artist in Ireland during the
twentieth century, was a notable
contributor.
She made many rug designs. They were small
works in gouache on card or paper, fragile
and quite slight, and were originally
intended to guide rug-makers in woven
examples of Cubism. In the 1930s a small
number of her rugs, which were hand-knotted,
sold through the Country Shop in Dublin.
The rugs in this collection were exhibited
as a central feature in the ‘Design Fair
2008’ at the RDS in Dublin. All the rugs in
the collection are available in different
sizes assuming original proportions are
maintained. They can be done in 100% wool,
or in 55/45% silk/wool. The rugs can be seen
by visiting the Ceadogan Rug Shop in
Wellingtonbridge, Co Wexford.
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