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Textile Design

Design
1958-1964
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vivien Shaw (1926-2014, nee Marsh) was born in West Yorkshire and attended Huddersfield School of Art where she studied textile design. In about 1948 she moved to Manchester after getting a job with Grafton Furnishings (F W Grafton & Co Ltd-founded 1855) . She was offered positions in both dress and furnishing fabric design, but chose to work with curtains as she felt it gave her a larger and freer canvas to work with.

Grafton Furnishings specialised in roller-printed cottons and also manufactured good quality, brightly coloured furnishing fabrics for the high street. They designed fabric for both the traditional and modern ‘contemporary’ markets.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Textile Design (generic title)
  • Abstract Print (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted on paper, and then mounted on card
Brief description
Vivien Shaw; Design for textile, 1958-1964
Physical description
Design with abstract triangles and rhombuses, in blue, green, organge and brown. The leaves are on a dark yellow background.
The design has been mounted on grey card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46.5cm
  • Width: 39.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 104A (On back )
  • 199 (On back )
  • Vivien Shaw 88A Kirkmansholme Lane Longsight Manchester 12 (On back)
Credit line
Given by Alex Dowse and Vicky Brooks
Summary
Vivien Shaw (1926-2014, nee Marsh) was born in West Yorkshire and attended Huddersfield School of Art where she studied textile design. In about 1948 she moved to Manchester after getting a job with Grafton Furnishings (F W Grafton & Co Ltd-founded 1855) . She was offered positions in both dress and furnishing fabric design, but chose to work with curtains as she felt it gave her a larger and freer canvas to work with.

Grafton Furnishings specialised in roller-printed cottons and also manufactured good quality, brightly coloured furnishing fabrics for the high street. They designed fabric for both the traditional and modern ‘contemporary’ markets.
Collection
Accession number
E.700-2016

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Record createdJanuary 8, 2016
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