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Tulip Folly

Furnishing Fabric
1991 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of screen printed and glazed cotton depicting sprays of tulips in pastel pink, orange, beige and green on white ground with fine blue foliage. There is a label on the back. This is essentially the same design as T.1054-2000, but with a different colour scheme and background and on a lighter fabric.
The left selvedge is preserved and contains the following printed text: ' TULIP FOLLY DESIGNED IN 1899 BY ARTHUR MARTIN STUDIO PARIS BY WARNER Copyright (c) MCMXCI By Warner Fabrics PLC '. The other edges are pinked.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTulip Folly (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Screen printed and glazed cotton
Brief description
Length of screen printed and glazed cotton depicting sprays of tulips in pastel pink, orange, beige and green on white ground with fine blue foliage, furnishing fabric, 20th century.
Physical description
Length of screen printed and glazed cotton depicting sprays of tulips in pastel pink, orange, beige and green on white ground with fine blue foliage. There is a label on the back. This is essentially the same design as T.1054-2000, but with a different colour scheme and background and on a lighter fabric.
The left selvedge is preserved and contains the following printed text: ' TULIP FOLLY DESIGNED IN 1899 BY ARTHUR MARTIN STUDIO PARIS BY WARNER Copyright (c) MCMXCI By Warner Fabrics PLC '. The other edges are pinked.
Dimensions
  • Width: 68cm
  • Length: 68.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Eddie Squires
Collection
Accession number
T.1053-2000

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Record createdDecember 14, 2000
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