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Ticker Tape

Furnishing Fabric
1953 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric, screen printed cotton. White ground mottled with grey dots. There are grey stripes of varying width: undecorated or patterned with small black blocks, black dots, black hourglasses or black vertical bars. An additional stripe is formed by black blocks on the white ground, each containing a white hourglass. At the lower end, grey is replaced by pink. There is a rectangle cut from the lower left hand corner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTicker Tape (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
screen printed cotton
Brief description
Ticker Tape, printed, designed by Lucienne Day, 1953, British.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric, screen printed cotton. White ground mottled with grey dots. There are grey stripes of varying width: undecorated or patterned with small black blocks, black dots, black hourglasses or black vertical bars. An additional stripe is formed by black blocks on the white ground, each containing a white hourglass. At the lower end, grey is replaced by pink. There is a rectangle cut from the lower left hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Width: 50.5in
  • Length: 24in
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Lucienne and Robin Day.
Production
Attribution note: Retail price 17/9 per yard
Collection
Accession number
T.450-2001

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Record createdMay 7, 2003
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