Textiles as Art: from the collection of Paul Reeves 69
153 ARNOLD LEVER FOR JACQMAR OF LONDON
’THE AMERICAN FORCES IN LONDON’ SILK-RAYON BLEND HEADSCARF, 1943 the design includes London landmarks populated by American servicemen, printed makers marks JACQMAR/T. BAUER, framed 88 x 89cm Note: Jacqmar of London made propaganda scarves from 1940-1945 and were based in Mayfair. Many scarves were produced for the export market as well as for wartime sweethearts, particularly in London. The chief designer was Arnold Lever who continued working for the company even after he had joined the RAF. The scarves fall into three main thematic groups of the armed forces, allies and home front. The Jacqmar name is usually printed on the scarf. £400-600
154 [§] MERULA SALAMAN (1915-2000) ST. MICHAEL AND LUCIFER, CIRCA 1960
woolwork embroidery, signed in pan verso, original frame, 26.5 x 19cm; and ‘ELIJAH FED BY A CROW IN THE DESERT’, A SMALL MERULA SALAMAN WOOLWORK PANEL, woolwork embroidery, original ebonised frame, 23 x 16cm (2) Note: Merula Salaman (1915-2000) trained as an actress and dancer, but took up painting and needlework after the war. She wrote and illustrated several children’s books, but her finest work was her needlework pictures, often biblical, in which vision and charm are combined in equal measure. Salaman became Lady Guinness upon her marriage to fellow actor Sir Alec Guinness in 1938 and spent most of her life with him happily away from the public eye. Salaman trained at Slade School of Fine Art in London and exhibited at the Crane Kalman Gallery, and later with her siblings, who were also artists, at a show at Gallery 27 in London. £400-600
155 ANONYMOUS MAKER
MID CENTURY WOOLWORK TAPESTRY HANGING PANEL, CIRCA 1950 depicting three panels allegorical of the arts; country life and flight 46 x 166cm £250-350