Behind the scenes at the Silver Studio: Rex Silver and the hidden mechanisms of interwar textile design
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Hendon, Z. 2018. Behind the scenes at the Silver Studio: Rex Silver and the hidden mechanisms of interwar textile design. Architecture and Culture. 6 (1), pp. 61-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1397963
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | Behind the scenes at the Silver Studio: Rex Silver and the hidden mechanisms of interwar textile design |
| Authors | Hendon, Z. |
| Abstract | The Silver Studio produced designs for mass-market wallpapers and textiles between 1880 and around 1960. This paper draws on evidence from the Silver Studio Collection (now at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University), to propose that Silver Studio designs in the interwar period were never the work of one individual but were rather the product of complex negotiations between clients and designers, mediated by Rex Silver. The Studio’s diaries and other records provide an insight into these negotiations and raise questions about the nature of ‘authorship’ in design. |
| Keywords | Silver Studio; textile design; authorship; attribution; historicism |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Journal | Architecture and Culture |
| ISSN | 2050-7828 |
| Electronic | 2050-7836 |
| Publication dates | |
| 02 Jan 2018 | |
| Online | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 30 Oct 2017 |
| Accepted | 25 Oct 2017 |
| Output status | Published |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Architecture and Culture on 02/01/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/20507828.2017.1397963 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1397963 |
| Web of Science identifier | WOS:000430803200004 |
| Language | English |
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