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Tropic

Dress Fabric
1959 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Born in Trinidad and trained in London, Althea McNish was quickly taken up by the thriving British textile industry in the late 1950s. She had a successful career as a freelance designer to companies such as Heal Fabrics, Ascher, Hull Traders, Liberty and Edinburgh Weavers before working on hand-painted textile hangings. Her designs are characterised by a vibrant choice of colour and free, painterly arrangements.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTropic (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed silk
Brief description
Dress fabric 'Tropic' sample swatch of printed silk, designed by Althea McNish, made by Ascher Ltd., Great Britain, 1959
Physical description
Swatch holding printed silk dress fabric samples in five different colourways.
Dimensions
  • Samples length: 96cm
  • Samples width: 93cm
Credit line
Given by Zika Ascher
Subject depicted
Summary
Born in Trinidad and trained in London, Althea McNish was quickly taken up by the thriving British textile industry in the late 1950s. She had a successful career as a freelance designer to companies such as Heal Fabrics, Ascher, Hull Traders, Liberty and Edinburgh Weavers before working on hand-painted textile hangings. Her designs are characterised by a vibrant choice of colour and free, painterly arrangements.
Collection
Accession number
T.192-1988

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Record createdAugust 21, 2007
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