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Gaiety

Furnishing Fabric
1971 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by)
David Bartle (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With a stylised floral pattern in pink, beige, pale blue, khaki and brown. Sinuous stems diagonally cross the width of the fabric.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleGaiety (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Gaiety' of screen-printed cotton, designed by David Bartle for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1971
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton. With a stylised floral pattern in pink, beige, pale blue, khaki and brown. Sinuous stems diagonally cross the width of the fabric.
Dimensions
  • Repeat length: 49cm
  • Length: 267cm
  • Width: 126cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Top Woven And Printed In England' (Printed on the left selvedge)
  • 'Top. 1 Heals 'Gaiety' Designed By David Bartle Shrink Resisting.' (Printed on the right selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Object history
Design number WE 3720.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.142-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O268707/gaiety-furnishing-fabric-david-bartle/
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