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Margaret Simeon (1910 – 1999) was a British Textile Designer.
Education
She went to the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London to study art.
Biography
She worked as a freelance designer of garments, furnishings, and textiles. Her clientele included Allan Walton Textiles, Edinburgh Weavers, Campbell Fabrics, and Fortnum and Mason. She also taught textile printing at the Royal College of Art.
Works
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL
Additional Reading
British Cotton Textiles: Maturity and Decline. (2018). (n.p.): Taylor & Francis.
Llorca-Jaña, M. (2012). The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth Century. United States: Cambridge University Press.
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