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Design

ca. 1984 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a rug on graph paper featuring a red leaf-shaped motifs with internal blue triangular shapes on a blue background. Also has a green blue and red surrounding border. Bottom corner has three small pencil drawn leaf motif sketches

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on graph paper
Brief description
Design for a rug, by Christopher Farr, watercolour on graph paper, Britain, ca. 1984
Physical description
Design for a rug on graph paper featuring a red leaf-shaped motifs with internal blue triangular shapes on a blue background. Also has a green blue and red surrounding border. Bottom corner has three small pencil drawn leaf motif sketches
Dimensions
  • Length: 29.5cm
  • Width: 21cm
Marks and inscriptions
Written in pencil: top of page: 'colour Blue black Green' , 'Sky hue pink +' bottom of page: 'Pink + ivorys squares with powder sky blue motifs' 'striped baground even different widths' 'open trees'
Credit line
Given by Christopher Farr
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1490-2000

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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