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Rob Higgins will present a cavalcade of colour and mid-century modern design in this fascinating talk about The Dovecot Studios.   The Edinburgh Tapestry Co founded the Dovecot Studios in 1954 to perform screen printing of fabrics, tiles and paper. The Studios operated until 1979, in the later years under the stewardship of Peter Powell. At its inception, the chief designer was Robert Stewart, the talented designer who also worked at the Glasgow School of Art and designed fabrics for Liberty\u2019s of London.<\/p>\n

Rob\u2019s talk will examine the history and importance of the Dovecot Studios using many examples of tiles, fabrics, table mats and original designs. An archive has recently come from Peter Powell, and this adds significantly to the information already known from other designers at Dovecot, and also from the archive kept by the Mount Stuart Trust on the Isle of Bute. Dovecot\u2019s output will be compared with that of other Scottish and English tile makers.<\/p>\n

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Rob Higgins will present a cavalcade of colour and mid-century modern design in this fascinating talk about The Dovecot Studios.   The Edinburgh Tapestry Co founded the Dovecot Studios in 1954 to perform screen printing of fabrics, tiles and paper. The Studios operated until 1979, in the later years under the stewardship of Peter Powell. At its inception, the chief designer was Robert Stewart, the talented designer who also worked at the Glasgow School of Art and designed fabrics for Liberty\u2019s of London. 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