[Detail, White, the Victoria and Albert Museum.]
[The back of a sample of White, a printed, Vanessa Bell-attributed furnishing linen from the Courtald Gallery's 2009 exhibition, Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913–19. Numbers indicate fabric color and production. Image is from the catalogue Beyond Bloomsbury.]
But if you can't be there in person, Charleston's online database offers a chance to peek at all sorts of decorative pieces acquired -- and created -- over the years. The mix encompasses late-17th-century majolica, antique decanters, a glazed porcelain Chinese Foo Dog, rugs, curtains, a groovy needlework pillow designed by Bell, and much, much more. On the downside, the images are a bit small with no zoom option. Still, I found White made into chair cushions and was able to confirm that this print was among the Bloomsbury-related fabrics reproduced by Laura Ashley in 1986.
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