Lot 383
THEO MOORMAN (BRITISH 1907-1990) §
UNTITLED
Auction: Day Two | Lots 100 to 527 | Fri 31 October from 10am
Description
woven linen and cotton hanging
Dimensions
113cm x 56cm (44 ½in x 22in)
Provenance
Private Collection, U.K.
Footnote
Theo Moorman was a British textile artist and teacher recognised for developing the “Moorman technique,” which enabled the controlled inlay of supplementary wefts into a woven ground. She produced both decorative and functional textiles, often characterised by modernist abstraction, and exhibited widely in Britain and abroad. Moorman taught for many years at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, and her work is represented in major public collections.
On her technique, Moorman explained:
“The basic technique is described fully in my book Weaving as an Art Form. I have incorporated floating and twisted woven strips, woven separately on a (…) warp using a fan-shaped reed(?), my own invention and design, which enables steps to be shaped, growing from a point to about 2.5 inches. Main materials used are linen and very fine mercerised cotton with additions of filament rayon and fine metallic thread.”