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Francis Bacon and the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 472-480
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Author:
Daniels, Rebecca (Daniels, Rebecca)
Subjects
artists:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 / Maistre, Roy de / Dorn, Marion
dates:
1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company, Wilton, Great Britain
styles:
Modernism
subjects:
Interior design / Rugs / Carpets
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Rug designed by Francis Bacon, and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. 1929. Wool, 212 by 126 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
Attributed works:
2. Francis Bacon’s studio at 17 Queensberry Mews West, London. (Repr. in The Studio, August 1930, pp.141).
Attributed works:
3. Gouache, by Francis Bacon. 1929. Gouache, distemper and watercolour on paper, 35.5 by 25 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
Attributed works:
4. Rug, designed by Francis Bacon, and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. 1929. Wool, 200 by 120 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
Attributed works:
5. Rug, designed by Francis Bacon and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. c.1929. Wool, 208.8 by 122 cm. (Location unknown;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020).
Attributed works:
6. Francis Bacon’s Queensberry Mews West Studio, by Roy de Maistre. 1930. Oil on canvas, 60 by 44.5 cm. (The Estate of Francis Bacon Collection).
Attributed works:
7. A room scheme by Francis Bacon, including furniture and a rug designed by him. The rug was made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. c.1929. Wool, 240 by 122 cm. (  Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved; DACS London 2020).
Attributed works:
8. Still life, by Roy de Maistre. 1933. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 60.8 cm. (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; courtesy Francis Bacon Estate;   Caroline de Mestre Walker).
Attributed works:
9. A room scheme with a rug designed by Francis Bacon and made c.1930–33 by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. The materials and dimensions of the rug are unknown. (  British Library Board; HIU.LD48).