Orcades

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Artist/Maker	Old Bleach Company (Suppliers) Bawden, Edward (designer) Holtom, Gerald (designed for)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Gerald Holtom is best known for the symbol he designed for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, now used internationally as a peace sign. In the 1930s he had a furniture shop in Totenham Court Road called 'furniture for the small home' which sold his own block printed furniture fabric and also imported rugs from Cyprus. After the war he set up a workshop in Twickenham, Gerald Holtom Ltd. for 'theatre curtains and printed textiles.'

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Orcades (assigned by artist)
Brief description	printed, 1954, British; Bawden, Edward for Gerald Holtom. "Orcades"
Physical description	Screen-printed linen
Object history	Produced by Garald Holtom for the Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Used in the First Class Lounge.
Summary	Gerald Holtom is best known for the symbol he designed for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, now used internationally as a peace sign. In the 1930s he had a furniture shop in Totenham Court Road called 'furniture for the small home' which sold his own block printed furniture fabric and also imported rugs from Cyprus. After the war he set up a workshop in Twickenham, Gerald Holtom Ltd. for 'theatre curtains and printed textiles.'
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.196A-1955

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O269676/orcades-furnishing-fabric-bawden-edward/

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