Dovecot Studios Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bute, Marquess of
- Edinburgh Tapestry Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Tapestry production
Notes:
Established at Edinburgh in 1912 by 4th Lord Bute. Tapestry design and making studio, producing designs of leading internationally known artists. Based initially on arts and crafts ideals. After 1945 incorporated as Edinburgh Tapestry Co Ltd. From 1950s engaged with modernism and has used designs of leading British artists. Reorganised in 2001 as Dovecot Studios Ltd. Continues in 2013
Publications:
- Art of Modern Tapestry. Dovecot Studios since 1912 by Cumming, Elizabeth (ed)
- Edinburgh Tapestry Company, 1912-1985 by Soroka, Joanne
- Master Weavers. Tapestry from the Dovecot Studios, 1912-1980 by Unknown
- Recent Tapestries Woven by the Edinburgh Tapestry Co by Unknown
- Robert Stewart. Design, 1946-95 by Arthur, Liz
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bute, Marquess of
- Edinburgh Tapestry Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Luxury / consumer goods production Tapestry production
Notes:
Established at Edinburgh in 1912 by 4th Lord Bute. Tapestry design and making studio, producing designs of leading internationally known artists. Based initially on arts and crafts ideals. After 1945 incorporated as Edinburgh Tapestry Co Ltd. From 1950s engaged with modernism and has used designs of leading British artists. Reorganised in 2001 as Dovecot Studios Ltd. Continues in 2013Publications:
- Art of Modern Tapestry. Dovecot Studios since 1912 by Cumming, Elizabeth (ed)
- Edinburgh Tapestry Company, 1912-1985 by Soroka, Joanne
- Master Weavers. Tapestry from the Dovecot Studios, 1912-1980 by Unknown
- Recent Tapestries Woven by the Edinburgh Tapestry Co by Unknown
- Robert Stewart. Design, 1946-95 by Arthur, Liz