Furnishing Fabric
1922 (made)
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This textile was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for William Foxton in 1922. The pattern mimics the compartmentalized areas filled with small-scale decoration found in Indonesian batik designs.
The craft of batik came to Europe from Indonesia via the Netherlands. It was popularised during the 1920s by practitioners such as Mme Pangon in Paris and Jessie M. King of the Glasgow School of Art. The technique involves applying wax to the textile to protect the patterned areas before placing it in a dye bath. The process can then be repeated by removing areas of wax and dyeing the exposed parts with further colours.
The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field.
The craft of batik came to Europe from Indonesia via the Netherlands. It was popularised during the 1920s by practitioners such as Mme Pangon in Paris and Jessie M. King of the Glasgow School of Art. The technique involves applying wax to the textile to protect the patterned areas before placing it in a dye bath. The process can then be repeated by removing areas of wax and dyeing the exposed parts with further colours.
The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Roller printed cretonne |
| Brief description | Cotton roller printed with a design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1922. |
| Physical description | Cretonne roller printed in purple, turquoise, mauve and white on a mustard ground. All over pattern of frond-like loops, filled with small daisies, dots and rings. The design mimics the compartmentalized areas filled in with small scale decoration found in Indonesian batik textiles. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Institute of Industrial Arts |
| Object history | Historical significance: The original design for this textile is in the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. |
| Summary | This textile was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for William Foxton in 1922. The pattern mimics the compartmentalized areas filled with small-scale decoration found in Indonesian batik designs. The craft of batik came to Europe from Indonesia via the Netherlands. It was popularised during the 1920s by practitioners such as Mme Pangon in Paris and Jessie M. King of the Glasgow School of Art. The technique involves applying wax to the textile to protect the patterned areas before placing it in a dye bath. The process can then be repeated by removing areas of wax and dyeing the exposed parts with further colours. The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field. |
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| Accession number | T.439-1934 |
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| Record created | September 12, 2001 |
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