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Cherubs

Furnishing Fabric
1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of linen and cotton and hand-printed with crude lines on a classical motif with cherubs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCherubs (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-printed linen and cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Cherubs' of hand-printed linen and cotton, designed by Bentley & Spens, Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of linen and cotton and hand-printed with crude lines on a classical motif with cherubs.
Dimensions
  • Length: 3640mm
  • Width: 1435mm
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by the designers
Object history
Registered File number 1992/2688.
Kim Bentley and Sally Spens produce individual hand-painted and printed works such as rugs and throws and screen-printed yardage (flat-bed printed by contract printers). They take maximum advantage of the freedom allowed by their manual techniques to produce fresh sparkling designs often inspired by, but not copied from, historical examples. Colour, tradition and modernism are the key elements in the fabrics produced. All fabrics are designed by either Kim Bentley or Sally Spens who 'consider the work to be a joint product', so that everything is credited as being by Bentley & Spens. The production date of each design is when they were put into print, the actual designs have been painted much earlier.
Production
The production date of each design is when the fabrics were put into print, so the actual designs have been painted much earlier.

Reason For Production: Retail
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.447-1992

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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