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Curtain

Curtain

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1950 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Mahler, Marian, born 1911 - died 1983 (designer)
    David Whitehead Ltd. (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed cotton

  • Museum number:

    T.504:2-1996

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Image in copyright

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.

Physical description

Curtain of printed cotton. Printed with a mobile design in a cherry red ground.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1950 (made)

Artist/maker

Mahler, Marian, born 1911 - died 1983 (designer)
David Whitehead Ltd. (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Printed cotton

Dimensions

Length: 42.5 cm repeat, Width: 37 cm repeat

Object history note

One of two curtains with T.504:1-1996.

Descriptive line

Curtain of printed cotton, designed by Marian Mahler, made by David Whitehead Ltd., Great Britain, 1950

Materials

Cotton (textile)

Techniques

Printed

Subjects depicted

Geometric patterns

Categories

Textiles; Interiors

Collection code

T&D

Qr_O69688
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