Indulge in a piece of textile history with The Collier Campbell Archive: Limited Edition
New from Ilex Press – The Collier Campbell Archive: Limited Edition – 200 fabric bound and signed collectors items
Drawn from the archive of sisters Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell, The Collier Campbell Archive: Limited Edition brings together around 900 illustrations of the designs, sketches and scenes from the past 50 years, now beautifully hand bound in one of 200 original fabrics specially selected from the archive, each one unique and signed by Sarah Campbell.
Collier Campbell were renowned for their handling of colour, their painterly approach and their signature ability to cheat the repeat in printing, and The Collier Campbell Archive: Limited Edition provides a rich and comprehensive insight into Susan and Sarah’s creative process, with forewords by Sir Nicholas Serota and Sir Terence Conran. Each of the 200 copies is an original work of art in its own right and this colourful and inspirational tome gives every textile professional and enthusiast the opportunity to own a piece of textile design history, to be treasured and admired for years to come.
The timely release of the limited edition coincides with the news that West Elm, the leading US homeware store for which Sarah Campbell is a key designer, are to open their first UK store on Tottenham Court Road.
The limited edition copies are available exclusively from: www.colliercampbellarchive.com
RRP: £150
The standard edition, RRP £50, is available from www.ilex-press.com
More About Collier Campbell
For the five decades of their partnership, the sisters were at the forefront of textile design, with their vibrant hand-painted patterns.
They were renowned for their handling of colour with a painter's aesthetic and their signature ability to cheat the repeat in printing: qualities that infuse their work with a sense of fluidity, freshness and exuberance.
Launching their careers in London during the Swinging Sixties, they made their names with stunning collections for Liberty of London Prints, and their renowned patterns, with a painterly aesthetic, marked a significant turning point in textile design.
Together, Susan and Sarah painted textile patterns for international clients including Yves Saint Laurent, Liberty, Habitat, Cacharel, Jaeger, Fischbacher, Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser and many others in the UK.
In the USA, Collier Campbell became a sought-after brand for designer bedding with Martex, Westpoint Stevens, Springs Wamsutta, and Homestead; their decorative fabric was taken up by P. Kaufmann and Fabricut, and their wallcoverings by Manuscreens and Imperial Wallcoverings.
In 2011, The National Theatre, London, celebrated fifty years of their exuberant designs to great acclaim. Important examples of their work are held in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York.
Susan sadly died in May 2011; Sarah is now working independently under her own name, undertaking one-off special commissions from hand-painted fabric pieces, scarves and stationery, to patterns and textiles for the high street with collaborative lines in both Marks & Spencer and West Elm.
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