Lucienne Day Ceramics

5 january 1917 30 january 2010 was one of the most influential british textile designers of the 1950s and 1960s day drew on inspiration from other arts to develop a new style of abstract pattern making in post war british textiles known as contemporary design.

Lucienne day ceramics.

Of all her foreign clients however the most prestigious was the german ceramics. Lucienne day s career in design spans 60 years and the freshness and originality of her work ensures that it is still relevant to contemporary interiors. Textile designs of the 1950s and 1960s. Lucienne day whose vibrant printed patterns revitalised british homes during the 1950s was the exception.

In 1934 she enrolled at the croydon school of art where she began developing her interest in printed textiles. Over the course of. Lucienne day who has died aged 93 was the foremost british textile designer of her period. Désirée lucienne lisbeth dulcie day obe rdi fcsd née conradi.

A versatile and influential designer lucienne was commissioned by a wide range of companies and extended her very particular vision to carpets wallpapers tea towels and ceramics as well as. With her wallpapers for the german firm of rasche and her patterns for rosenthal ceramics lucienne. The daughter of a belgian father and an english mother day was educated in croydon and worthing.