Gwen Mullins (1904-1997) and Barbara Mullins (1927-2023)

Gwen Mullins (1904-1997) and Barbara Mullins (1927-2023)

Little Boats, a hand-woven woollen textile

in browns, creams, and whites

185 x 75cm.

Catalogue Notes:

Gwen Mullins was a British hand-weaver and influential patron of the twentieth-century crafts movement. Born in London in 1904, she began weaving after studying at the London School of Weaving, developing a practice centred on richly coloured rugs and textiles made from wool and linen. Following the Second World War, Mullins established a craft workshop at Graffham in West Sussex, where she co-founded the Graffham Weavers with her daughter Barbara. The workshop functioned both as a studio and a training centre, producing rugs, hangings, and other textiles while nurturing a community of skilled craftspeople. One of her most notable students was Peter Collingwood.

Provenance:

The estate of Alan Peters (1933-2009).