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Expansion

Furnishing Fabric
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by)
Brown, Barbara (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton satin. With wide stripes in optical black-and-white undulating stripes giving the illusion of three-dimensionality.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleExpansion (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton satin
Cotton Satin
Screen Printing
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Expansion' of screen-printed cotton satin, designed by Barbara Brown for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1966
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton satin. With wide stripes in optical black-and-white undulating stripes giving the illusion of three-dimensionality.
Dimensions
  • Length: 108in
  • Width: 48in
Style
Op Art
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HEALS EXPANSION BY BARBARA BROWN' (Printed on the selvedge)
  • 'WOVEN & PRINTED IN ENGLAND' (Printed on the selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.269-1967

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224418/expansion-furnishing-fabric-brown-barbara/
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