Curtain
1930-1939 (made)
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Dark cream cretonne curtain printed in brick red, ochre, blue and sage green with spot motifs of a broadly rural theme: a farmhouse, a bird, flowers, the sun, tufts of grass, a crowing cockerel, trees, a man leading a horse which is pulling a haycart, a woman catching poultry, grazing lambs, a turkey, a dog, a cow. The curtain is lined with buff cotton, and has a length of adjustable curtain tape stitched to the upper edge for curtain rings.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Printed cretonne |
Brief description | Curtain for a child's room, printed cretonne desgned by Betty Pinney; England, 1930-1939 |
Physical description | Dark cream cretonne curtain printed in brick red, ochre, blue and sage green with spot motifs of a broadly rural theme: a farmhouse, a bird, flowers, the sun, tufts of grass, a crowing cockerel, trees, a man leading a horse which is pulling a haycart, a woman catching poultry, grazing lambs, a turkey, a dog, a cow. The curtain is lined with buff cotton, and has a length of adjustable curtain tape stitched to the upper edge for curtain rings. |
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Credit line | Given by Susanna Pinney |
Object history | Used in the bedroom of the designer's daughter Susanna (born 1942) when she was a child. |
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Associated object | MISC.14-1988 (Source) |
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Accession number | B.274-1999 |
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Record created | February 4, 2000 |
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