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Country Walk

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

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton in plain weave. With a densely massed olive-brown print on white depicting realistically drawn trees in full foliage and stylised undergrowth and hills. Fox and fence in the foreground. Large vertical repeat across the entire width of the fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCountry Walk (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Country Walk' of screen-printed cotton, designed by Jennie Foley for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1976
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton in plain weave. With a densely massed olive-brown print on white depicting realistically drawn trees in full foliage and stylised undergrowth and hills. Fox and fence in the foreground. Large vertical repeat across the entire width of the fabric.
Dimensions
  • Length: 300cm
  • Width: 127cm
  • Length: 118in
  • Width: 50.19in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'TOP HEAL'S COUNTRY WALK DESIGNED BY JENNIE FOLEY' (Printed on left hand selvedge)
  • 'HEALS FABRICS OF LONDON - TOP SHRINK RESISTING ALL COTTON' (Printed on right hand selvedge)
  • 'No. WE 7820' (Manufacturer's label on top left corner.)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.1-1976

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
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