Textile designs from the middle of the 20th century. Elza Sunderland, designer. Living from 1903 to 1991, she was born in Hungary but later came to the United States. Worked in Los Angeles, California. Collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

ma-48928-WEB — Untitled textile design with flowers in two colorways. 1940s. Tempera on paper. © Estate of the artist. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2020. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/250841

ma-48575-WEB — “Weekend.” Textile design.ca. 1940. Gouache on paper. © Estate of the artist. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2020. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/250441

ma-48580-WEB — “Hollywood” (Pattern #1102). Textile design. 1940. Gouache on paper. © Estate of the artist. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2020. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/250446

ma-48578-WEB — “Jonquil,” pattern #986 from the “Flower Bouquet” series. Textile design. 1944. Watercolor on cardboard. © Estate of the artist. Image © MUSEUM ASSOCIATES 2020. Fair use license. via https://collections.lacma.org/node/250409

Arts and Crafts animals with a bit of a twist. British. Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, designer. All of these being textiles. Designing other things too but with nothing I can find that swims or chirps.

"Cromer Bird." ca. 1884. — “Cromer Bird.” ca. 1884. Hand block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/search-the-collection-65/cromer-bird-cretonne-f84-c-1884/search/mackmurdo/page/1

"Shell, dolphin and seaweed" design. Undated. — “Shell, dolphin and seaweed” design. Undated. Bodycolour on paper. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/object/shell-dolphin-and-seaweed-design-a106/page/2

"Thorns and Butterflies." ca. 1884. — “Thorns and Butterflies.” ca. 1884. Block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/century-guild/initial/c/page/1/object/thorns-and-butterflies-cretonne-f99-c-1884

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