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Woven Palm

Furnishing Fabric
1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
Warner and Sons (maker)
Graham Smith (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Furnishing fabric in rotary screen-printed cotton (5 screens), with a pattern of all-over horizontal zig-zag stripes in greens outlined in dark brown. Adapted from a photograph of palm matting. Designed to coordinate with the pattern 'Palm Leaves'. Available in four colourways.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
Titles
  • Woven Palm
  • Tropic Mood (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Rotary screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Woven Palm', of screen-printed cotton, designed by Graham Smith for 'Tropic Mood', Warner & Sons Ltd, England, 1975.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric in rotary screen-printed cotton (5 screens), with a pattern of all-over horizontal zig-zag stripes in greens outlined in dark brown. Adapted from a photograph of palm matting. Designed to coordinate with the pattern 'Palm Leaves'. Available in four colourways.
Dimensions
  • Length: 102in
  • Width: 56in
  • Diameter: 87mm (rolled)
Credit line
Given by Warner & Sons Ltd.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.129-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O261715/woven-palm-furnishing-fabric-graham-smith/
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