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Squib

Furnishing Fabric
1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Board of Trade (manufacturer)
Marx (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Five panels of machine-woven furnishing fabric in blue, fawn rust, and natural colours


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric
TitleSquib (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Machine-woven fabric of condensed yarn and fine Egyptian cotton
Cotton
Weaving
Brief description
Furnishing fabric, five panels, 1945, British, designed by Enid Marx for the Board of Trade Utility Design Panel. "Squib".
Physical description
Five panels of machine-woven furnishing fabric in blue, fawn rust, and natural colours
Dimensions
  • CIR c.220 1949 length: 60.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 1949 width: 38.1cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 a 1949 length: 60.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 a 1949 width: 38.1cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 b 1949 width: 42.5cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 b 1949 length: 60.3cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 c 1949 length: 60.9cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 c 1949 width: 40.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 d 1949 length: 40.6cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
  • CIR c.220 d 1949 width: 22.2cm (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Taken from register
Credit line
Given by the designer
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.220&A to D-1949

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O145111/squib-furnishing-fabric-marx/
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