ARTIST CARPETS & RUGS: VANESSA BELL
Image: Design for Omega Rug 1914, oil on paper, Vanessa Bell
By Deborah Nash
The painter Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) elder sister of Virginia Woolf, was regarded as the matriarch of the Bloomsbury Group. She was also co-director of the Omega Workshops Ltd with Roger Fry and Duncan Grant......
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By Deborah Nash
The painter Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) elder sister of Virginia Woolf, was regarded as the matriarch of the Bloomsbury Group. She was also co-director of the Omega Workshops Ltd with Roger Fry and Duncan Grant......
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We are proud to be a subscriber-funded publication with members in 185 countries. Your support has allowed us to publish interviews, reviews, “what's on” information and long-read articles that we have shared freely online for the last twenty years. Unfortunately, in recent months, we have faced 30% increases in shipping and printing costs and rather than passing these on to our loyal subscribers, we have made the difficult decision to request that you subscribe to access our online content.
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER, CLICK HERE TO ACCESS CONTENT
We know our readership is passionate about textiles and so we invite you to help us preserve and promote the stories, memories and histories that cloth tells.
*Please note that we send the password to access the Selvedge online content by email with the publication of each issue. You will also find it on the envelope containing your magazine. Please note the password changes every issue.*