Cavendish Textiles A Studio Archive Of Mid 20th.Century Watercolour Pattern Designs

Cavendish Textiles A Studio Archive Of Mid 20th.Century Watercolour Pattern DesignsA Superb archive collection of mid 20th. Century original designs for furnishing fabrics attributable to the design studio of Cavendish Textiles Ltd. After 80 years as a trading department within the John Lewis Partnership, Cavendish Textiles closed its doors in 2011. For the entire duration, it played a major part in John Lewis history, pushing the Partnership to the forefront of home textiles. The Cavendish Buying Agency (later becoming Cavendish

Provenance: Sabin Galleries and JJ Ward Collection

for the weakness of which there was neither taste nor knowledge to compensate'

Century rosewood frames

14 by 11 cms

Century French literary society

Good impression on thin laid paper small repaired loss upper left and slight surface mark to central group

The frame is original the reverse bears the trade label of Parr Printseller & Frame Maker Pall Mall

He exhibited widely at the RWS of which he was a member and president and the RE of which he was a member and also president

he worked to suppress the Rebellion of 1798 and to secure passage in 1800 of the Irish Act of Union

Original colour aquatint by Levachez after Louis Boilly 1761-1845

5 by 12 5 cms

Stipple Engraving after Angelica Kauffman by Gabriel Scorodomoff Published by P Bayer March 1777