{"id":2133,"date":"2018-01-15T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T13:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:49:55","slug":"the-story-of-authentic-lucienne-by-paula-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/01\/the-story-of-authentic-lucienne-by-paula-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of \u2018Authentic Lucienne\u2019 by Paula Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robin and Lucienne\u2019s daughter Paula Day<\/strong> set up The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation in 2012 to further public knowledge of and access to her parents\u2019 design legacies, and to provide resources for the study of design. The Foundation<\/strong><\/a> is run by a Board of Trustees chaired by Paula Day. In this guest blog she tells how she has collaborated with Alternative Flooring<\/strong> to bring authentic Lucienne Day<\/strong> carpet designs back in production, more than fifty years after her mother created them.<\/p>\n\n

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Lucienne Day in her Cheyne Walk studio with carpet samples, 1958 Courtesy the Robin & Lucienne Day Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Q&A edit, 10 January 2018<\/h3>\n\n

What is The Robin and Lucienne Foundation?<\/h3>\n\n

I set up the Foundation in 2012, two years after my parents Robin and Lucienne Day died. We are a design education charity dedicated to furthering public knowledge of and access to my parents’ design legacies. My mother was born in 1917 and last year we celebrated her centenary with a <\/em>hugely<\/em> successful programme of exhibitions, events, awards and new product ranges, mounted by partner organisations all over the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

How did the collaboration with Alternative Flooring begin?<\/h3>\n\n

In December 2016, we were introduced to Alternative Flooring\/ Wilton Carpets CEO James Sprint<\/strong> and Alternative Flooring Creative and Marketing Director Lorna Haigh<\/strong> to explore the possibility of collaborating on a new Lucienne Day carpet range<\/strong> to launch in the Centenary year. I was immediately impressed by the fresh and lively Alternative Flooring brand and by James and Lorna\u2019s creative and positive thinking. The company clearly had a strong identity of its own but they were willing to listen and understand where I was coming from as representative of a design education charity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Did Lucienne Day have a connection with Wilton Carpets, Alternative Flooring\u2019s sister company?<\/h3>\n\n

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Lucienne Day is best known for fabric, what about her carpet designs?<\/h3>\n\n

My mother is best-known for her curtain fabrics, but in fact she also designed patterns<\/strong> for many other applications, including carpets<\/strong>. One of her carpet clients was Wilton Royal. By the time she came to do her 1964 \u2018Architects Nova\u2019 collection for Wilton she had a lot of carpet design experience. This is a substantial body of work by one of Britain\u2019s greatest textile designers, which up to now has been very little-known. I\u2019m absolutely thrilled that the public is now being introduced to some of these wonderful designs for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Where did you find the original carpets?<\/h3>\n\n

When I met James and Lorna, I already knew that samples of four of my mother\u2019s 1964 carpets for Wilton were held in the archive of the <\/em>Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. (Some of these carpet samples had been given to the Whitworth by my mother herself, others by Wilton). We had commissioned a photoshoot of all the Lucienne Day<\/strong> items held at the Whitworth<\/strong>, so I was able to show them images of my mother\u2019s historic designs for their own company. \u00a0I\u2019ll never forget the moment when James looked at a picture of \u2018<\/em>Octagon<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u2019 and said \u2018that\u2019ll work\u2019!<\/em><\/p>\n

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James promised to check the Wilton Carpets archives for the year 1964. A few days later he sent me images of their handwritten design records for that year, listing four \u2018Lucienne Day\u2019 designs, plus the painted artwork for some of them. I was so excited! As soon as we had launched the Lucienne Day centenary year in early January, I set off hotfoot to visit the Wilton factory and see this wonderful archive material for myself. From then on, the dream of reviving my mother\u2019s original carpet designs<\/strong> seemed a real possibility.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\"\"Squares and Diamonds machine-woven carpet, Lucienne Day for Wilton Royal, 1964 Copyright the Robin & Lucienne Day Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Are these vibrant colourways authentic?<\/h3>\n\n

Initially I\u2019d understood that the designs would have to be re-coloured to be commercially viable. But when Wilton\u2019s designer Damian Roscoe<\/strong> saw the original carpet samples at the Whitworth he was bowled over by my mother\u2019s colourways, which he thought would be perfect for today\u2019s market! Working with him closely on the new products has been fascinating \u2013 he recognized just how subtle and skillful a colourist she was, and took great pains to match each colour exactly, using the dyes available today. A colourway is a bit like a musical chord \u2013 one false note spoils the whole harmony.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\"\"Octagon machine woven carpet, Lucienne Day for Wilton Royal, 1964 Copyright the Robin & Lucienne Day Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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How did you feel watching the carpets being woven again at Wilton?<\/h3>\n\n

I was so moved to see my mother\u2019s carpets being woven again in the very factory and possibly the very loom on which they had originally been made, more than fifty years ago. I found myself wondering if my mother had actually visited the factory and stood on the same spot in 1964.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\"\"Paula Day watching the <\/a>Square & Diamonds<\/a> carpet being woven on original looms at Wilton<\/a><\/p>\n

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Why the name Authentic Lucienne?<\/h3>\n

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The name \u2018Authentic Lucienne\u2019<\/strong> was Lorna\u2019s idea and exactly reflects the Foundation\u2019s mission to bring my mother\u2019s original work back into production, so that the people can enjoy her actual designs. On our website page Licensees<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>we celebrate our new relationship with Alternative Flooring, as a company which produces \u2018high-quality, authentic productions of Lucienne Day\u2019s original designs.\u2019\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n

Is design integrity and British making important here?<\/h3>\n\n

The \u2018Authentic Lucienne\u2019<\/strong> range is an absolute model of what we aim to achieve in our collaborations with manufacturers. These are authentic Lucienne Day designs<\/strong>, produced for the original application, to the original scale and colourways, by the company which originally produced them, in the factory where they were originally made. <\/em><\/p>\n

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The best of 20th<\/sup> century British design<\/strong> has been brought back to life by a company which is maintaining the best of traditional British manufacturing. My parents worked for the British design industry all their lives and would have been proud and glad that their designs are still making a contribution. I should also say that my mother worked only for the very best companies \u2013 and I\u2019m confident that we are following her example by collaborating with Alternative Flooring.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

\"\"<\/a>Authentic Lucienne<\/a>\u00a0at <\/a>The New Art Centre<\/a>, Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

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Will you have one of these runners in your home?<\/h3>\n\n

I\u2019ve ordered a 45cm x 45cm sample of \u2018Squares and Diamonds\u2019<\/strong><\/a> on the Alternative Flooring website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

I can\u2019t wait to receive it! I think the intricate pattern and glowing fuchsia colourway will be absolutely perfect in my bedroom, with white walls, timber beams (it\u2019s a barn conversion) and of course Robin Day furniture!<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Q&A edit, 10 January 2018<\/h3>\n\n

Find out more about The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n

The Authentic Lucienne collection becomes part of the new Quirky Runners collection, explore the collection here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n

Follow us on Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yes, there was already a historic connection between Lucienne Day and Wilton, as Wilton Royal<\/strong> was an important client of hers from 1957 onwards. Initially she did colourways for carpets by Wilton’s in-house designers such as Philip Coombes<\/strong>. In 1964, she created her own collection for the company\u2019s \u2018<\/strong><\/em>Architects’ Nova\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/a> range \u2013 these are the designs which are now being revived.<\/em><\/p>\n