Orpheus Antique Art Deco Pastel Rug by Ashley Havinden for Wilton Royal Factory
By Ashley Havinden
Located in Milan, IT
Ashley Eldred Havinden (1903-1973) was an avant garde English painter and designer, trained at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London. A prolific advertising artistic director and later President of William S. Crawford Associates, he began designing carpets in 1932 encouraged by Duncan Miller, who exhibited them in his London gallery and dedicated to Havinden a solo show in 1937. He also designed carpets for Simpson's department store in 1934 and 1935, as well as Edinburgh Weavers (founded in 1928 by James Morton...
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Ashley Havinden
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