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Cote d'Azure

Furnishing Fabric
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of furnishing fabric of printed cotton. On a cream ground, the repeating pattern (36.5 inches drop) incorporates palm trees, silhouettes of birds in flight, balustrades, dotted and striped areas and lattices carried out in clear 'Mediterranean colours - green, yellow, ochre, pink, black and bright 'Matisse' blue. The pattern is drawn in a free painterly manner and is reminiscent of the Matisse style.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Cote d'Azure (assigned by artist)
  • 6 Views (series title)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Length of furnishing fabric of printed cotton 'Cote d'Azure' from '6 Viewes', designed by Sarah Campbell and Susan Collier of Collier Campbell, Great Britain, for Christian Fischbacher, Switzerland, printed by Standfast, 1983
Physical description
Length of furnishing fabric of printed cotton. On a cream ground, the repeating pattern (36.5 inches drop) incorporates palm trees, silhouettes of birds in flight, balustrades, dotted and striped areas and lattices carried out in clear 'Mediterranean colours - green, yellow, ochre, pink, black and bright 'Matisse' blue. The pattern is drawn in a free painterly manner and is reminiscent of the Matisse style.
Dimensions
  • Length: 300cm
  • Width: 54in
  • Width: 142cm
Credit line
Given by the makers
Collection
Accession number
T.187-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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