Jacqueline Groag was an influential textile designer in Great Britain in the period following World War II.
11 Facts About Jacqueline Groag
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Jacqueline Groag produced and designed fabrics for leading Parisian fashion houses including Chanel, Lanvin, House of Worth, Schiaparelli and Paul Poiret.
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Jacqueline Groag later became a Royal Designer for Industry, the ultimate accolade for any designer in Britain.
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Jacqueline Groag was born Hilde Pick to Jewish parents on 6 April 1903.
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Jacqueline Groag later changed her name to Jacqueline Groag when she married modernist architect Jacques Groag in 1937.
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Jacqueline Groag learned all the subjects of the education curriculum, but with no formal exams, something that left her a "sophisticated naive".
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In 1930, Jacqueline Groag was mentioned in an article by Dr Hans von Ankwicz for the German publication Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration on her work.
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Jacqueline Groag was awarded a gold medal for textile design at the Milano Triennale in 1933 and another gold medal for printed textiles at the Paris Exposition in 1937.
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Jacqueline Groag especially worked on the design of textiles and plastics for British Overseas Airways Corporation and British Rail.
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Jacqueline Groag got a commission from Misha Black in the 1970s to make a moquette for London Transport, used for seating on buses and tube trains.
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Jacqueline Groag suffered a heart attack on a London bus whilst on his way to the opera, and died on 28 January 1962, aged 69.