Triangular Bowl

Not on display

Artist/Maker	Henton, Maggie (designer and maker)
Place of origin	London (made)

Woven basket of dyed cane and wire.

Object details

Categories	Textiles Containers
Object type	Basket
Title	Triangular Bowl (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Dyed cane and wire Cane Metal Weaving
Brief description	'Triangular Bowl' basket, dyed cane and wire, designed and made by Maggie Heaton (British, born 1953), London, Great Britain, 1992.
Physical description	Woven basket of dyed cane and wire.
Gallery label	16. BASKET: TRIANGULAR BOWL Designed and made by Maggie Henton (British, born 1953), London, Great Britain, 1992 Dyed cane and wire T.175-1993 Maggie Henton trained as a textile artist. Her interest in the structure of weaving and the creation of three- dimensional forms led her into working with cane and making baskets. She found she could dye and weave the cane as easily as a textile fibre and often mixes found materials such as wire and plastic with it. This weave pattern was developed from the study of South-East Asian weaving techniques.
Object history	Purchased. Registered File number 1993/317.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.175-1993

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Record created	March 20, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147926/triangular-bowl-basket-henton-maggie/

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