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Bauhaus

Furnishing Fabric
1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Collier Campbell (designers)
Liberty & Co. Ltd. (designed for)
Susan Collier (designer)
Sarah Campbell (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Screen printed cotton furnishing fabric with an abstract pattern in various brightly coloured blocks, cloud shapes, curves and checker-board patterns with a somewhat mountainous motif running through. Colours include bright red, yellows, orange, greens, blues, pink and purple. Inspired by Gunta Stölzl wall hanging.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleBauhaus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen printed cotton
Cotton
Screen Printing
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of printed cotton, 'Bauhaus', designed by Collier Campbell for Liberty & Co. Ltd., Great Britain, 1972
Physical description
Screen printed cotton furnishing fabric with an abstract pattern in various brightly coloured blocks, cloud shapes, curves and checker-board patterns with a somewhat mountainous motif running through. Colours include bright red, yellows, orange, greens, blues, pink and purple. Inspired by Gunta Stölzl wall hanging.
Dimensions
  • Length: 126in
  • Width: 49in
  • Length: 310cm
  • Width: 124cm
  • Diameter: 90mm (rolled)
Marks and inscriptions
'vat colours Liberty of London exclusive design' (Inscribed on selvedges)
Credit line
Given by A.I. Stewart Liberty of Liberty
Object history
Originally designed in 1969 as a silk scarf, used on 'Varuna' wool for Cacherel in 1970 and produced on chinon for the 1975 centenary collection.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.447-1977

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O225157/bauhaus-furnishing-fabric-susan-collier/
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