Handweaver, designer, and teacher, Isabel Scott first learned to weave at the age of seven from her mother while living in Scotland. She studied design, knitting and embroidery in France and the United States, and worked for Berta Frey in New York. In 1948, Scott opened her own studio, which eventually expanded to two studios, one in New York and another in Philadelphia. She taught weaving at several schools and exhibited throughout the United States, including at the Metropolitan and MoMA. Scott’s textiles can be found at the United Nations, executive offices of the United States Steel Company in Pittsburgh, and in many other public venues. Her pieces are used extensively by interior decorators. At her Philadelphia studio, she has adapted her designs to a power loom for industrial use.
Isabel Scott
Works associated with this person or group
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Textile, Texture No. 6, 1950–59
All-over design formed by lines diagonally crossed through squares; printed in pale yellow on a loosely woven white cotton cloth.
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Textile, Egret, 1960–69
Panel of casement cloth of natural color rough textured yarns; the heavier yarns of the warp create a pattern of vertical stripes.
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Sample, Nartaki, 1970–75
Symmetrical geometric pattern in white on an off-white ground.
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Textile, Shasta, 1970–79
Vertically symmetrical pattern in white on a white ground.
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Sample, Square Top, 1970–79
Off-white textured weave created by the alternation of thick and thin wefts.
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Sample, Bangtail, 1970–75
Off-white sample with an offset square pattern of cut floats of supplementary wefts (corduroy technique).
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Sample, Chenille Bar, 1970–75
Brown sample with a narrow black stripe and three narrow bands of brown chenille weft.