Some illustrations mounted. "There are 270 copies of this book, of which 120 are specially bound in quarter cloth and a patterned paper based on a fragment of silk left over from the shop; these are housed in a solander box & are accompanied by an original copy of Eric Ravilious' engraved trade card made for Dunbar Hay in 1938, along with a piece of organdie block-printed by Enid Marx in the late 1930s. 150 standard copies are quarter bound in cloth and a patterned paper based on a further unidentified Dunbar Hay cloth sample. The book was designed and typeset in Miller Diplay by Simon Lawrence, and the paper is PhoeniXmotion Xantur, with Olin for the lecture sections. The images were prepared for publication by Ian Wright Creative; the printing was done by Northend Creative Print Solutions in Sheffield, and it was bound by Patrick Roe and his team at the Fine Book Bindery, Finedon."--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index. Includes bibliographical references (page 161-163) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Gabriel Sempill -- Dunbar Hay Ltd : the Royal College of Art connection -- Industrial artists, an emerging profession : 'interpreters of art to the people' -- Cecilia Lady Sempill : Dunbar Hay, notes for a lecture -- Dunbar Hay, a brief but unique project -- Closed for the duration, & life moves on.
Summary:
A retail history of Dunbar Hay Ltd., of 15 Albemarle Street, London, W1. The shop was founded in 1936 by Cecilia Dunbar Kilburn and Athole Hay and gave opportunities for graphic artists, including Eric Ravilious, Eric Bawden and Enid Marx, to show their designs, including furniture, furnishings, ceramics, fabrics, patterns. Within four years it had closed for the war, and its stock and records destroyed by bombing.
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