Syros
Furnishing Fabric
1947 (designed)
1947 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Gerald Holtom is best known for the symbol he designed for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, now used internationally as a peace sign. In the 1930s he had a furniture shop in Totenham Court Road called 'furniture for the small home' which sold his own block printed furniture fabric and also imported rugs from Cyprus. After the war he set up a workshop in Twickenham, Gerald Holtom Ltd. for 'theatre curtains and printed textiles.'
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Syros (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed linen |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Syros' of screen-printed linen, designed by Jane Edgar for Gerald Holtom Ltd., Great Britain, 1947 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of screen-printed linen. In rust, brown and blue. |
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| Summary | Gerald Holtom is best known for the symbol he designed for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, now used internationally as a peace sign. In the 1930s he had a furniture shop in Totenham Court Road called 'furniture for the small home' which sold his own block printed furniture fabric and also imported rugs from Cyprus. After the war he set up a workshop in Twickenham, Gerald Holtom Ltd. for 'theatre curtains and printed textiles.' |
| Bibliographic reference | Hayes Marshall, Herbert George. British Textile Designers Today. Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis (Publishers) Limited, 1939
pp. 122-125, includes three black white photographs of designs
Jane Edgar, A.R.C.A., N.R.D.
7 St James’s Road, Wandsworth Common, London, S.W.17.
One of the younger designers of to-day, Jane Edgar was trained at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington, and has already exhibited her designs in London, Brussels and Stockholm.
For some time she specialised in hand printed textiles, but recently has become known for her charmingly fresh designs for machine and screen printed fabrics, which have been reproduced by many leading manufacturers.
She produces successfully many different types of design – and throughout all her work can be noted her strong sense of pattern, and individual feeling for rich colour. She combines a fine appreciation of period design with a sound grasp of modern decorative tendencies. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.192-1947 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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