lucienne day 1917 2010

lucinene day,  photo source

on january 30th, 2010 british designer lucienne day died aged 93. she was one of the foremost textile designers of her period. day’s furnishing fabrics were hugely popular in the 1950s and 60s, and over the last ten years enjoyed something of a resurgence.  lucienne was the wife of furniture designer robin day.

left: ‘calyx’  right: ‘herb anthony’

left: ‘dandelion clocks’  right: ‘calyx’

left: ‘provence’   right: ‘flotilla’

from the guardian:

‘lucienne’s special genius was to fuse the british tradition of a love for nature – the 19th-century world of john ruskin, william morris, charles voysey and the arts and crafts movement, with the abstract concerns of international contemporary art. lucienne had a wonderful way of looking severe, and then breaking into a warm smile and happy conversation. I suppose her best fabrics – and that’s pretty much all of them – are a bit like that: disciplined, intelligent, diligently researched, but also warm, playful, colourful and delightful too.’  read the entire obituary.

jack purcell x lucienne day converse all stars

converse featuring day’s ‘larch’ pattern

more of day’s patterns can be found here