Furnishing Fabric

1977 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric sample of jacquard woven silk with a pattern consisting of three vertical bands separated by decorative stripes that have a well spaced repeat of rope dancer with balancing umbrella. The rope is slung between a forked branch and a branch held by a man on top of a small pagoda watched by a dog. It is in white, cream, pink, orange, brown, peach and two green colours on a pale green ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jaquard woven silk
Brief description
Furnishing fabric sample of jacquard woven silk, manufactured by Tassinari & Châtel, Lyon, France, 1977.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric sample of jacquard woven silk with a pattern consisting of three vertical bands separated by decorative stripes that have a well spaced repeat of rope dancer with balancing umbrella. The rope is slung between a forked branch and a branch held by a man on top of a small pagoda watched by a dog. It is in white, cream, pink, orange, brown, peach and two green colours on a pale green ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 110cm (maximum)
  • Width: 54.5cm (maximum)
  • Repeat length: 36cm
  • Repeat width: 18.2cm
Credit line
Given by Mr Bernard Tassinari
Collection
Accession number
T.411-1977

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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