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Raffia

Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1960s-70s (designed)
Artist/Maker
Heal & Son Ltd (designed for)
Fieldsend, Jeanine (designer)
Fieldsend, Michael (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Cotton furnishing fabric printed with a multi-coloured raffia effect motif. Orange, pink, green, red, blue and white on grey.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleRaffia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Printed
Brief description
'Raffia', printed cotton furnishing fabric designed for Heals by Michael and Jeanine Fieldsend, British.
Physical description
Cotton furnishing fabric printed with a multi-coloured raffia effect motif. Orange, pink, green, red, blue and white on grey.
Dimensions
  • Width: 125cm
  • Length: 99cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'HEALS RAFFIA DESIGNED BY MICHAEL AND JEANINE FIELDSEND / HEAL FABRICS OF LONDON SHRINK RESISTING ALL COTTON'
Credit line
Given by Heal & Son Ltd.
Object history
Acquired in 1995 as part of the Heal's archive
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.376:4-1999

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Record createdMay 10, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39512/raffia-furnishing-fabric-fieldsend-jeanine/
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