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Textile Design

1930s (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three designs mounted on one sheet. They are small-scale designs of groups of lines resembling a fringe, along a wavy or zigzag white band, the fringes interspersed with dots. The left design is dived into four sections, numbered by the artist, each with a different colourway. The top right design is in brown and pink, and the lower right in black and blue.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
wash drawing on parchment-like paper, mounted on white paper
Brief description
Design for printed silk, Paul Nash for Cresta Silks Ltd., Great Britain, 1930s
Physical description
Three designs mounted on one sheet. They are small-scale designs of groups of lines resembling a fringe, along a wavy or zigzag white band, the fringes interspersed with dots. The left design is dived into four sections, numbered by the artist, each with a different colourway. The top right design is in brown and pink, and the lower right in black and blue.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 322mm
  • Sheet width: 243mm
Dimensions taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1975
Marks and inscriptions
PN (monogram in pencil below bottom right design)
Credit line
Given by The Paul Nash Trust
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.351-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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