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Mirage

Furnishing Fabric
1971 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With an abstract pattern of stylised rosette forms arranged in bands of four across the width of the fabric on a background of stripes and dots. Printed in pastel colours of tangerine, blue-grey, brown, violet, yellow and green with complex ogee forms between the bands of rosettes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMirage (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Mirage' of screen-printed cotton, designed by Elizabeth Castell for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1971
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With an abstract pattern of stylised rosette forms arranged in bands of four across the width of the fabric on a background of stripes and dots. Printed in pastel colours of tangerine, blue-grey, brown, violet, yellow and green with complex ogee forms between the bands of rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 57cm
  • Length: 257.5cm
  • Width: 126.5cm
  • Diameter: 85mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Top Woven And Printed In England' (Printed on the left selvedge)
  • 'Top. Heals 'Mirage' Designed By Elizabeth Castell Shrink Resisting.' (Printed on the right selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Object history
Design number WE 3580.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.145-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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