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Focus

Furnishing Fabric
1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by)
Doreen Dyall (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of machine screen-printed cotton satin. With an abstract design in rust, deep blue, crimson and slate grey.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleFocus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton satin
Cotton Satin
Screen Printing
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Focus' of machine screen-printed cotton satin, designed by Doreen Dyall for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1965
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of machine screen-printed cotton satin. With an abstract design in rust, deep blue, crimson and slate grey.
Dimensions
  • Length: 108in
  • Width: 48in
  • Diameter: 117mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HEALS "FOCUS" BY DOREEN DYALL' (Printed on selvedge)
  • 'WOVEN & PRINTED IN ENGLAND. TOP' (Printed on selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.255-1967

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224413/focus-furnishing-fabric-doreen-dyall/
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