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Zantha

Furnishing Fabric
1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric 'Zantha' of rotary screen-printed cotton (6 screens), with a pattern of chevron stripes containing a wide variety of infills in blue, green, red, yellow-ochre, white and dark-brown. Warner described the design as having used 'the traditional format of the 17th and 18th century flame fabrics as it's basic structure- each zig-zag bank of pattern holds motifs from a different period of history. The pattens are: Primitive man and early patterns, Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Renaissance, Islamic, 17th & 18th century, Victorian/Art Nouveau, early and late 20th century including and astronaut safely hidden away.' Available in 4 colourways.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Zantha
  • New Traditions (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Rotary screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Zantha', of rotary screen-printed cotton, designed by David Exley and Eddie Squires for the collection 'New Traditions', Warner & Sons Ltd, England, 1974.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric 'Zantha' of rotary screen-printed cotton (6 screens), with a pattern of chevron stripes containing a wide variety of infills in blue, green, red, yellow-ochre, white and dark-brown. Warner described the design as having used 'the traditional format of the 17th and 18th century flame fabrics as it's basic structure- each zig-zag bank of pattern holds motifs from a different period of history. The pattens are: Primitive man and early patterns, Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Renaissance, Islamic, 17th & 18th century, Victorian/Art Nouveau, early and late 20th century including and astronaut safely hidden away.' Available in 4 colourways.
Dimensions
  • Length: 102in
  • Length: 56in
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Warner & Sons Ltd.
Collection
Accession number
T.142-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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