Not currently on display at the V&A

Curtain

1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
David Whitehead & Sons Ltd. (manufacturer)
Mahler, Marian (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Marian Mahler (ca.1911-1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
SCRAN
Scotland
Object type
Curtain
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Cotton (Textile)
Printed
Brief description
Curtain of printed cotton, designed by Marian Mahler, made by David Whitehead Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1952
Physical description
Curtain of printed cotton. Printed with a mobile design in a cherry red ground.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 42.5cm
  • Repeat width: 37cm
  • Length: 168cm (form top to hem edge)
  • Width: 111cm (across hem edge)
  • Width: 99cm (across heading tape)
111 (w) x 172 (l) cm
Object history
One of two curtains with T.504:1-1996.
Subject depicted
Geometric Patterns
Summary
Marian Mahler (ca.1911-1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.504:2-1996

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Record createdNovember 8, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69688/curtain-mahler-marian/
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