The exhibition, running between 18 July and 3 January 2027, also reunites many of the personal items Marx chose to leave to the gallery following her visit, including textiles, folk art and a handmade valentine’s card exchanged between Marx and Lambert.
Senior curator Oli McCall said: “Enid Marx visited Compton Verney in 1995. The house was being transformed into an art gallery, and [Enid] chose to donate the collection of popular art she had lovingly assembled with Margaret Lambert.
“That remarkable collection has delighted visitors ever since, making Compton Verney the perfect venue for this exhibition.
“Since then, this treasure-trove of objects with which Marx and Lambert lived, and which inspired Marx’s design work in many ways, has delighted audiences here, making Compton Verney the perfect venue for this groundbreaking exhibition.
McCall said the exhibition had been “underpinned by years of research” by Dr Az Crawford into Marx’s life and work, and that it would give visitors an “unparalleled insight into the work of one of the most significant designers in modern British history.”