Detail of entrance to studio. Digital image of B 74273 CN.

Description Detail of entrance to studio. Digital image of B 74273 CN.

Date 29/7/1992

Catalogue Number SC 716118

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 74273 CN

Scope and Content Entrance bridge to the Bernat Klein Design Studio, Scottish Borders This design studio was built in 1972 for the textile designer and artist Bernat Klein (b.1922) to designs by architect Peter Womersley (1923-93). He had previously built the artist's home, High Sunderland, between 1956 and 1957, which is situated a short distance away. The studio is a bold concrete and glass Modern Movement structure on two storeys, with a central blue engineering brick core for services. This shows the bridge which allows access directly onto the first-floor level. It was here that clients would view fabrics and discuss business. A studio level was sited on to the lower level, which has a separate door. The side beams of the bridge and studio are of concrete, cast in wooden moulds which have left an imprint of their grain visible. Bernat Klein's swirling fabric designs and woven textiles were used by many of the great fashion houses including Chanel, Christian Dior and Hardy Amies from the mid-1960s. Klein based his designs around his own paintings, interpreting the richness of the oil paint into coloured and woven mohair, velvet ribbon, linen and cashmere fabrics. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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