Grayson Perry Liberty Silk Cushion in Red Mini Prints Shirley Smith – a character

Shirley Smith – a character invented by Perry - has inspired this original design for Liberty’s 150th anniversary collection

on display in the Oval Drawing Room at the Wallace Collection

It adorns her domestic space and reminds the visitor that for all its grandeur and theatricality

Author: Gregg Kreutz

Helen Langdon

Grayson Perry Liberty Silk Cushion in Red Mini Prints Shirley Smith – a characterDesigned by Grayson Perry and Liberty in celebration of Sir Grayson Perrys 65th birthday and to complement the exhibition Delusions of Grandeur. The exhibitions central muse, Shirley Smith a character invented by Perry has inspired this original design for Libertys 150th anniversary collection. Conceived by Perry as an outsider artist, Smiths obsession with the Wallace Collection forms the basis for this idiosyncratic design, where one can spot a