Salad Days thumbnail 1
Salad Days thumbnail 2
Not currently on display at the V&A

Salad Days

Furnishing Fabric
1973 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of printed heavy cotton sateen with a design of drawers overflowing with green salad leaves, sliced tomatoes, sliced and quartered hard-boiled eggs and olives.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSalad Days (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton sateen
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Salad Days' of printed cotton sateen, designed by Kay Politowicz for Textra Furnishing Fabric Ltd., Great Britain, 1973
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of printed heavy cotton sateen with a design of drawers overflowing with green salad leaves, sliced tomatoes, sliced and quartered hard-boiled eggs and olives.
Dimensions
  • Length: 2845mm
  • Width: 1249mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SALAD DAYS by KAY POLITOWICZ A TEXTRA FABRIC' (Printed on the selvedge)
  • 'SHRINK RESISTANT MADE IN BRITAIN' (Printed along the selvedge)
  • Transliteration
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Textra Furnishing Fabric Ltd.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.350-1973

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdApril 9, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSON