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Five

Furnishing Fabric
(designed)
Artist/Maker
Hull Traders Ltd. (designed for)
Shirley Craven (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of hand screen-printed linen and cotton union in red, pink, dark blue, light blue, purple, green and yellow on unbleached cotton. Originally produced in 4 colourways.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleFive (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed linen and cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Five' of hand screen-printed linen and cotton, designed by Shirley Craven for Hull Traders Ltd., Great Britain, 1967
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of hand screen-printed linen and cotton union in red, pink, dark blue, light blue, purple, green and yellow on unbleached cotton. Originally produced in 4 colourways.
Dimensions
  • Width: 51in
  • Length: 108in (approx.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Hand Printed by THE HULL TRADERS LTD. A TIME PRESENT FABRIC' (Printed on the selvedge)
  • 'Fully shrunk Wash or dry clean.' (Printed on the selvedge)
  • 'FIVE designed by CRAVEN' (Printed on the selvedge)
Object history
Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1968.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.760-1967

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O268884/five-furnishing-fabric-shirley-craven/
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