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Laura Ashley

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Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings (1925-1985)

Person · Open Library

Works
43

Top works

  • Complete Guide to Home Decorating
  • Home furnishings, 1984
  • Laura Ashley Color
  • For My Daughter
  • Laura Ashley Style

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1994-09-29
2010s2020salternativealternative popalternative r&balternative rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
357
Total plays
962

Tags

country

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Quotes

  • We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
  • I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever.
  • What you make as a designer is an expression of yourself. I love music and painting and I prefer life in the country.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Laura
Gender
female
Place of birth
Dowlais
Place of death
Coventry
Languages spoken
English language
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Commons category
Laura Ashley
date of birth
1925-09-07
date of death
1985-01-01
manner of death
accidental death
cause of death
cerebral hemorrhage
place of burial
Carno
has works in the collection
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
name in native language
Laura Ashley
birth name
Laura Mountney
Sources (4)

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