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Aztec
Heron, Patrick, born 1920 - died 1999 - Enlarge image
Aztec
- Object:
Dress fabric
- Place of origin:
Hertfordshire, England (made)
- Date:
1947 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Heron, Patrick, born 1920 - died 1999 (designer)
Cresta Silks Ltd (manufacturers) - Materials and Techniques:
Screen printed rayon
- Museum number:
CIRC.106 to E-1947
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Designed by Patrick Heron in 1947, this print was produced by Cresta Silks Limited, who were based in Welwyn Garden City. Patrick Heron was an artist and the son of Tom Heron, who founded Cresta Silks Limited in 1929. Heron was the head designer for the company between 1944 and 1950; designs were also commissioned from other British artists like Graham Sutherland and Paul Nash. After the Second World War screen printing was introduced, which allowed more flexibility with design than block-printing had done previously. Cresta Silks fabrics were produced for an upper-middle class market, and were sold through mail order as well as their own shops. Heron's early designs tended to be floral, but his style became more abstract after the War, as seen in Aztec.
