Furnishing Fabric
1922 (made)
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This furnishing fabric was designed by Claude Lovat Fraser for William Foxton in 1922. The design is based on Egyptian wall paintings. There was a craze for Egyptian style objects following Howard Carter’s excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.
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 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 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 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 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 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 | Roller printed cretonne, British, 1922. |
| Physical description | Chevrons and stripes of blocks and lines based on Egyptian wall paintings in red, pale blues, peach, brown, grey and white on a beige ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Institute of Industrial Arts |
| Summary | This furnishing fabric was designed by Claude Lovat Fraser for William Foxton in 1922. The design is based on Egyptian wall paintings. There was a craze for Egyptian style objects following Howard Carter’s excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. 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 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 97.
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| Accession number | T.440-1934 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2002 |
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