Textile Swatches c. 1939

Charlotte Winter made these textile swatches with an amazing eye for colour and pattern. I can just picture Charlotte in her studio, surrounded by piles of fabrics, sketching ideas, and experimenting with color combinations. The red and brown swatches, for example, have this earthy, grounded feel, while the blue one with yellow suns and moons feels like a night sky exploding with dreams. I wonder if the artist was thinking about nature when she made these. It’s like she’s inviting us into her creative process, showing us the possibilities of color and form. Each swatch is a little world unto itself, with its own texture, pattern, and emotional resonance. And when you put them all together, they start to have a conversation. Like pieces of a puzzle, echoing through time and space.