THE STORY OF LUCY FAULKNER ~ THE LOST SISTER<\/p>\n
Based on the Red House in Bexley Heath at the time when Willliam Morris – artist, designer, poet, novelist and social activist lived there in the mid 1800s.<\/p>\n
Morris wanted the house to look like a jewel box. It was painted and adorned by his companions including Webb, Rossetti and Burne-Jones. He wrote – have nothing in the house \u2018which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful\u2019. On the second floor, the living room fireplace is painted with the motto, Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: \u201cLife is short, art is forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
William Morris visited Macclesfield (where Frances Nutt London scarves are printed) to learn more about natural dyes from local silk manufacturer Thomas Wardle and gave a lecture at the School of Art in 1889 about the Arts and Crafts movement.<\/p>\n
\u201cMorris was one of a formal group of people in the mid-19th Century who grew increasingly concerned about the far-reaching effects of the Industrial Revolution\u2026critics in the vein of John Ruskin felt that modern manufacturing processes deprived workers of the satisfaction of handcrafting, and that consumers were surrounding themselves with soulless products\u2026the home should serve as a spiritual and moral respite from the chaos of the cities, a philosophy termed the \u201cCult of Domesticity.\u201d The perceived solution was a revival of the medieval \u201cGuild\u201d mode of production, in which craftsmen were directly involved in the entire manufacturing process.\u201d (Archdaily.com)<\/p>\n
I was curious about Lucy Faulkner one of two sisters who worked as part of \u201cThe Firm\u201d started by their brother Charles Faulkner and William Morris. Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company produced mural decoration, stained glass, metal work and furniture.<\/p>\n
Lucy Faulkner created fairy tale illustrations on ceramic tiles, embroideries and engravings including for Christina Rossetti\u2019s Goblin Market. The sisters Lucy and Kate Faulkner began as amateurs and developed into professional crafts women contributing to many items produced by the firm.<\/p>\n
My design is called \u2018The Lost Sister\u2019. Lucy married an engraver and bookbinder called Harvey Orrinsmith and with the change of name became lost in history much of her work was misattributed to her sister Kate and only lately rediscovered with her initials LF or LJF. She continued to work for her husband making wood engravings for Smith and Linton in Hatton Garden. As Mrs OrrinSmith she wrote, illustrated and published a book called The Drawing Room: Its Decorations and Furniture (1878). This includes a discussion on colour theory.<\/p>\n
The design combines an etching style illustration of the bear from LJF\u2019s tile painting of the \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d and botanical drawings of \u201cSleeping Beauty\u2019s\u201d red roses. The lines in the image represent the wood engraving marks carved by her hand and the background pattern is created from details in Lucy\u2019s book on interior design and from the architecture of the Red House.<\/p>\n
Frances Nutt London works in accordance with the tradition of useful decoration combined with artifice and charm to consciously beautify our environment.<\/p>\n
Light and warm especially useful and decorative in-between seasons. Choose your unique combination of the elements you prefer from the Fabric Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can request any background colour of your choice on any design if you send a colour reference that we can match to.<\/p>\n Lead time 6-8 weeks.<\/p>\n FABRIC & SIZES<\/p>\n Fabric: Silk Twill or Silk Chiffon, PRICES Mens 100% silk scarf – hand made in England. Featuring unique illustrated textiles by Frances Nutt London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2712,"template":"","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"product_cat":[21],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1993","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-scarves","8":"first","9":"onbackorder","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francesnutt.co.uk\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nFrances Nutt London accessories ~ Scarves and large squares can be commissioned with a choice of bespoke<\/a> pattern and colour, and fashioned into the size and style you desire.<\/p>\n
\nTubular scarves can be backed with black wool cashmere mix (70% wool, 30% cashmere)
\nHandknotted fringing optional
\nScarf and square maximum width 135cms, length unlimited!!!<\/p>\n
\nMinimum bespoke order \u00a3100.
\nPrices are the same by size as the accessories already on the site plus a courtesy bespoke fee of \u00a330 (+ postage and packing).
\nBespoke size costs are based in proportion to the regular sizes.
\nPlease contact me via the contact page to commission your luxury accessory made uniquely for your bespoke requirements. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"