Gyration

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Artist/Maker	Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by) Brown, Barbara (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With an abstract geometric design in black and grey on a white ground, and consisting of sphere-like forms enclosed by black borders arranged in pairs across the width of the fabric.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Gyration (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed cotton
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Gyration' of screen-printed cotton, designed by Barbara Brown for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1971
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With an abstract geometric design in black and grey on a white ground, and consisting of sphere-like forms enclosed by black borders arranged in pairs across the width of the fabric.
Dimensions	Repeat length: 632mm Length: 2700mm Width: 1280mm
Marks and inscriptions	'TOP HEAL'S 'GYRATION' DESIGNED BY BARBARA BROWN SHRINK RESISTING' (Printed on the right hand selvedge) 'WOVEN & PRINTED IN ENGLAND TOP' (Printed on the left hand selvedge) 'Number WE 3640 Length 3" ' (On paper label)
Credit line	Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.140-1976

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O267687/gyration-furnishing-fabric-brown-barbara/

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