Part of Liberty's 'Aesthetic Renaissance' collection which celebrates the life and vision of the company's founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty. One of the original merchant adventurers Arthur Liberty introduced the fascinating, exotic design ideas he had encountered to the emerging aesthetic movement, of which Liberty became a central pillar. Supplementing the inspiration found in far flung locales are designs which derive from Arthur Liberty's love of the English countryside into which he escaped upon leaving the buzz of the London store. Inspired by Arthur and Emma Louise's visits to Africa and India this is a fun, playful design which crams as many animals as possible into one energetic space! But it is the way they are drawn which intrigues - in a very free but skilled looping continuous line. Then the forms are coloured very artfully with a loose ink wash in such a way that the linear and colour elements retain their own space and character. Very tastefully done indeed. On finest Tana lawn cotton with a three button cuff, classic collar, intelligent tailored regular fit.
Part of Liberty's 'Aesthetic Renaissance' collection which celebrates the life and vision of the company's founder Arthur Lasenby Liberty. One of the original merchant adventurers Arthur Liberty introduced the fascinating, exotic design ideas he had encountered to the emerging aesthetic movement, of which Liberty became a central pillar. Supplementing the inspiration found in far flung locales are designs which derive from Arthur Liberty's love of the English countryside into which he escaped upon leaving the buzz of the London store. This design 'Walter' is reminiscent of bold, decorative ceramic tiles of the early 20th century. A stylised sunflower repeats in a sumptuous, but restrained palette of vivid blue tones with orange and yellow ochre accents interspersed. A breathtakingly confident, joyous design classic. Finest Tana lawn cotton, three button cuff
Liberty are very good at creating interesting design out of motifs from the every day. This piece is called 'Debonair' and repeats rather nicely executed art pen drawings of neckties on hangers to produce complexity and rhythm. Trapezoids and verticals. In a wonderful palette of cooler lilaces, madder reds, malachite, earthy yellows, beige, blue-grey and burnt orange. It begins to seem almost elemental, a sense of folk art perhaps mixing the regular with freely drawn but detailed ideas. On finest Tana lawn cotton, of course, a superior long fibre fabric with wonderful print definition and a soft, almost silken hand feel. Three button cuff shirt with a classic collar in our easy tailored fit for an all day confident wear
