Large Eel
Furnishing Fabric
1988 (made), 1988 (designed)
1988 (made), 1988 (designed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Paul Simmons graduated in Printed Textiles from Glasgow School of Art in 1988. 'Timorous Beasties', a collaborative venture with fellow graduate Alistair McAuley, produced hand-printed and painted furnishings and hangings to commission. Their early printed designs are characterised by vivid colours and dramatic large-scale fauna and flora derived from illustrated encyclopaedias and their iconoclastic style has been described as 'William Morris on acid'.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Large Eel (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen printed cotton velvet |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton velvet 'Large Eel', designed and produced by Paul Simmons in 1988. The pattern was later produced by Timorous Beasties, Glasgow. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton velvet. Vivid repeating pattern of alternate bright green and purple eels flanked by climbing pink flowers and red millipedes. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1992/2487. |
| Production | Paul Simmons designed this pattern for his degree show at the Glasgow School of Art in 1988. It was later included in the collection of Timorous Beasties, a company set up by Simmons and fellow student, Alastair McAuley in 1990. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Paul Simmons graduated in Printed Textiles from Glasgow School of Art in 1988. 'Timorous Beasties', a collaborative venture with fellow graduate Alistair McAuley, produced hand-printed and painted furnishings and hangings to commission. Their early printed designs are characterised by vivid colours and dramatic large-scale fauna and flora derived from illustrated encyclopaedias and their iconoclastic style has been described as 'William Morris on acid'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.422-1992 |
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| Record created | December 14, 2007 |
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