Lucienne Day's silk mosaics

Lucienne Day, one of the first designers from the 1950s to become a celebrity, had a BBC Radio series on design, had her home featured in a 1954 issue of House & Garden, and starred, along with her furniture designer husband Robin Day, in a Smirnoff vodka ad campaign, but she is best known for her textile designs, such as the famous Calyx pattern, which was inspired by her love of Joan Miro and Paul Klee.

However, in her later career, she produced what she called "silk mosaics." These are typically at least 4' x 6' and comprised hundreds--and sometimes thousands--of separate pieces of Thai or Indian silk. She first made paper templates of the designs, and then the silk pieces were placed and sewn by a team of assistants.

Her first show of mosaics was in 1981 at the National Theatre, where she sold 3/4 of her pieces. They soon became highly sought after by private and public collectors. Perhaps her most famous mosaic is Aspects of the Sun, a spectacular 16' x 9' piece.

From independent.co.uk

The Window
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Their Exits and Their Entrances
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Three Daughters of Mexico
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Golden Tangram
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Aspects of the Sun
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