Hammada
Furnishing Fabric
1992 (designed)
1992 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of cotton, printed with 'Hammada' design.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hammada (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | 'Hammada' furnishing fabric, printed cotton, Liberty, Great Britain, 1992. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of cotton, printed with 'Hammada' design. |
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| Credit line | Given by Liberty |
| Object history | Registered File number 1993/721. Hammada is an Arabic woman's name, which suggests a Middle Eastern connection. Tim Stanley, Senior Curator, Asia notes that 'the single figures in the narrower stripe appear to be drawn from the shadow puppet tradition in that region, which is usually called by the Turkish name Karagöz (Καραγκιόζης/Karaghiozis in Greek, Qaragoz in Arabic)'. Some of the paired figures in the wider stripe appear to be based on European characters. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.557-1994 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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