Princess
Furnishing Fabric
1933 (designed), 1971 (made)
1933 (designed), 1971 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of lino-printed cotton in grey and white, and with a single red stripe. White cotton with two blocks used to form a vertical repeat of three images. With a red stripe printed about one inch wide above the lower repeat. One block has the head of a woman and below is a crown. The other has an abstract image of two roughly circular areas with some spotted texture and coarse tone. This second block is used both ways up. Printed in pale green blue-grey. The edges are cut.
Object details
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| Title | Princess (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Princess' of lino-printed cotton, designed by Ben Nicholson in 1933, made by Poulk Press, England, 1971 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of lino-printed cotton in grey and white, and with a single red stripe. White cotton with two blocks used to form a vertical repeat of three images. With a red stripe printed about one inch wide above the lower repeat. One block has the head of a woman and below is a crown. The other has an abstract image of two roughly circular areas with some spotted texture and coarse tone. This second block is used both ways up. Printed in pale green blue-grey. The edges are cut. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Nancy Nicholson |
| Object history | Circ.720-1971 to Circ.723-1971 (two prints onto paper and two onto cloth) were commissioned by Mr. Carol Hogben of the Circulation department in 1971 directly from Nancy Nicholson at Poulk Press in Ansty, Wiltshire. They were new impressions from 1930s blocks in her possession and authorised by Ben Nicholson. The commission was for display in a travelling exhibition of his work. |
| Bibliographic reference | Pratt, Lucy. 'Ben Nicholson's block-printed textiles at the V&A: an art form on fabric', Apollo, vol. 148, no. 439, Oct. 1998, p. 29. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.723-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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