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Textile Design

c. 1956 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

These drawings [E.1-15-1987] were selected from a large group of preliminary designs that remained unsold from the period 1955-1957 and were made by the artist as a means of supplementing his income from painting. Among those who produced printed textiles based on his designs were Zika Ascher, Bernard Ashley and Bern Silks. None of the designs show the repeat fully worked out. Generally the repeat was arrived at by the manufacturer's design team who also determined the colourways. The artist stated that the designs were inspired by or derived from trends in contemporary painting


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Wax crayons and frottage on dyed and bleached paper.
Brief description
Peter Coker. Design for a textile, c.1956. British.
Physical description
Preliminary design for a printed textile with a pattern of vertical stripes on a buff ground
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.9cm
  • Width: 25.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in red ballpoint pen on the back of the mount 66S
Summary
These drawings [E.1-15-1987] were selected from a large group of preliminary designs that remained unsold from the period 1955-1957 and were made by the artist as a means of supplementing his income from painting. Among those who produced printed textiles based on his designs were Zika Ascher, Bernard Ashley and Bern Silks. None of the designs show the repeat fully worked out. Generally the repeat was arrived at by the manufacturer's design team who also determined the colourways. The artist stated that the designs were inspired by or derived from trends in contemporary painting
Collection
Accession number
E.15-1987

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Record createdJuly 27, 2000
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