Textile Design
Design
1958-1964
1958-1964
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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.
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
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| Materials and techniques | Painted on paper, and then mounted on card |
| Brief description | Vivien Shaw; Design for textile, 1958-1964 |
| Physical description | Design with leaves of grey, brown, green, red and orange with stylised detail in white or black. The leaves are on a pale green background decorated with dark green stems with white flowers. The design has been mounted on grey card. |
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| Credit line | Given by Alex Dowse and Vicky Brooks |
| Object history | 'Avalon’ (this design) and ‘Parnassus’ (E.702-2016) were advertised in House and Garden in February 1955. In this advertisement ‘Parnassus’ was described as “Simplicity of design in white, grey and black on vibrant ground shades” and ‘Avalon’ as “A bold stylised lead design in subtly blended shades”. These are both also advertised as being printed on Grafton’s new ‘Home-craft all cotton texture fabric with guaranteed fast colours’. |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | E.701-2016 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2016 |
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