Skeletons
Wallpaper
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
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Showroom Dummies is a design collective which unites the complementary talents of artist Abigail Lane, fashion designer Brigitte Stepputtis, printer Bob Pain, and Edwin Wright, designer and maker of furniture and theatre props. The group has so far specialised in producing wallpapers, fabrics, tiles and furniture printed with everything from dogs, bugs and lizards to erupting volcanoes and frolicking skeletons; their first collection was called Interior Motives (Natural Histories and Natural Disasters).
The designs and the chosen motifs are bold, dramatic, theatrical and provocative. This design, of gleeful skeletons, has been applied to other products and materials including cushions and coasters. For another wallpaper by Showroom Dummies, see E.258-2005.
The designs and the chosen motifs are bold, dramatic, theatrical and provocative. This design, of gleeful skeletons, has been applied to other products and materials including cushions and coasters. For another wallpaper by Showroom Dummies, see E.258-2005.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Skeletons (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photogravure |
| Brief description | 'Skeletons' by Abigail Lane for Showroom Dummies, UK, 2005 |
| Physical description | An un-used roll of wallpaper with figures of walking skeletons in white on a black ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Showroom Dummies |
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| Summary | Showroom Dummies is a design collective which unites the complementary talents of artist Abigail Lane, fashion designer Brigitte Stepputtis, printer Bob Pain, and Edwin Wright, designer and maker of furniture and theatre props. The group has so far specialised in producing wallpapers, fabrics, tiles and furniture printed with everything from dogs, bugs and lizards to erupting volcanoes and frolicking skeletons; their first collection was called Interior Motives (Natural Histories and Natural Disasters). The designs and the chosen motifs are bold, dramatic, theatrical and provocative. This design, of gleeful skeletons, has been applied to other products and materials including cushions and coasters. For another wallpaper by Showroom Dummies, see E.258-2005. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.261-2005 |
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| Record created | October 20, 2008 |
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