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Sunflower

Furnishing Fabric
1961 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by)
Carter, Howard (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleSunflower (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Sunflower' of screen-printed cotton, designed by Howard Carter for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1961
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton.
Dimensions
  • Width: 49in
  • Length: 108in
  • Diameter: 88mm (Note: Roller)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WOVEN & PRINTED IN ENGLAND. TOP' (Printed on the selvedge)
  • 'HEALS SUNFLOWER BY HOWARD CARTER' (Printed on the selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Object history
Winner of a CoID Design of the Year award in 1962.
Bibliographic reference
Crowther, Lily. Award Winning British Design 1957-1988. London: V&A Publishing, 2012. p.50
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.3-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O266179/sunflower-furnishing-fabric-carter-howard/
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