Biography
Margaret Kaye (b. Yorkshire, UK 1912- d. Tilford, Surrey, UK 2002) was a stained glass and textile artist between 1937 and 1985 who had studied at Croydon School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art. She executed commissions for windows in Chichester, in York, for the Boltons and Radnage, as well as for a mission in Formosa (now Taiwan). She also carried out stained-glass restorations for the National Trust during the 1930s; at Stourhead, in Wiltshire, on the late 14th-century window of the great hall at Rufford Old Hall, and at Penshurst, Aylesbury and Woburn, amongst other houses. Kaye also made hangings for domestic interiors. These were rich in colour and texture, combining appliqué, fabric collage, strands of thread, dyed lace and embroidery, in bold and inventive designs evoking the palette of artists like Georges Rouault or Antonio Clavé. Her first exhibition was held at Roland, Browse and Delblanco, London in 1949 and she shared a show at Canon Gallery, Chichester, in 1991. The Victoria and Albert Museum have four pieces in their collection, Lion in a Forest and Bull and Pigeons, both of 1949, and The Cat and the Owl and Pigeons, both of 1951, the first of which was acquired by the Contemporary Art Society and presented to the V&A in 1954.
