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Fuchsia

Furnishing Fabric
1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With a densely massed square mesh depicting fuchsias full face and in profile. Connected squares on a regular plaited background containing the flowers against a background of fine parallel lines. Dark green on white.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFuchsia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Fuchsia' of screen-printed cotton, designed by Karen MacDonald for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1976
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With a densely massed square mesh depicting fuchsias full face and in profile. Connected squares on a regular plaited background containing the flowers against a background of fine parallel lines. Dark green on white.
Dimensions
  • Length: 302cm
  • Width: 127cm
  • Length: 119in
  • Width: 50in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HEAL FABRICS OF LONDON SHRINK RESISTING ALL COTTON' (Printed on the left hand selvedge)
  • 'HEALS 'FUCHSIA' DESIGNED BY KAREN MACDONALD - TOP' (Printed on the right hand selvedge)
  • 'No WE 7922' (Manufacturer's label on the bottom left hand corner)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.3-1976

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
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