Not currently on display at the V&A

Furnishing Fabric

1952 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Marian Mahler (c.1911 - 1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
printed, 1952, British; Mahler, Marion for David Whitehead Ltd.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric, printed cotton
Summary
Marian Mahler (c.1911 - 1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.14B-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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