The Path

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Artist/Maker	St. Edmundsbury Weavers (designed for) Edmund Hunter (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of silk. With a design of a symmetrically planned garden filled with fruit-laden trees, unicorns holding banners, rams, wild duck, rabbits and, in the remaining spaces, with scattered flowers. The garden is traversed by two paths meandering in a vertical direction and is crossed at intervals by foxes and hounds. The rams symmetrically occupy the centre of the field with goats, placed towards the outer edges, which act as their counter-parts.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	The Path
Materials and techniques	Silk
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'The Path' of silk, designed by Edmund Hunter for St. Edmundsbury Weavers, Great Britain, ca. 1910
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of silk. With a design of a symmetrically planned garden filled with fruit-laden trees, unicorns holding banners, rams, wild duck, rabbits and, in the remaining spaces, with scattered flowers. The garden is traversed by two paths meandering in a vertical direction and is crossed at intervals by foxes and hounds. The rams symmetrically occupy the centre of the field with goats, placed towards the outer edges, which act as their counter-parts.
Dimensions	Length: 54in Width: 55in
Credit line	Given by Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.159-1953

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O258395/the-path-furnishing-fabric-edmund-hunter/

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