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Polonaise

Furnishing Fabric
1988 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two colourways of screen printed cotton sewn together. A golden, floral, ogival lattice encloses sprays of golden flower silhouettes on a background of marbled stripes.
There is a label in a plastic holder on the front and another one on the back of each colourway. They identify Switzerland as the country of origin.
Both colourways retain both selvedges, but the right selvedge is turned back and hemmed. The selvedge text reads ' POLONAISE from the Collection TRADITIONAL IMPRESSIONS by Warner Copyright (c) MCMLXXXLVIII by Warner Fabrics PLC '.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
Titles
  • Polonaise (manufacturer's title)
  • Traditional Impressions
Materials and techniques
Screen printed cotton with one hemmed edge and one raw edge
Brief description
Two colourways of screen printed cotton with a golden, floral, ogival lattice enclosing sprays of flowers on striped ground, furnishing fabric, 20th century.
Physical description
Two colourways of screen printed cotton sewn together. A golden, floral, ogival lattice encloses sprays of golden flower silhouettes on a background of marbled stripes.
There is a label in a plastic holder on the front and another one on the back of each colourway. They identify Switzerland as the country of origin.
Both colourways retain both selvedges, but the right selvedge is turned back and hemmed. The selvedge text reads ' POLONAISE from the Collection TRADITIONAL IMPRESSIONS by Warner Copyright (c) MCMLXXXLVIII by Warner Fabrics PLC '.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Eddie Squires
Collection
Accession number
T.1028:1-2000

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Record createdJanuary 8, 2001
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