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Furnishing Fabric

1952 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This particular print typifies Marian Mahler's style during the mid 1950s where abstract symbols such as boomerangs, arches, and crescents are interspersed with rhythmic lineal details predominately executed in bold colour palettes.

Mahler, an Austrian émigré, was already a prolific print designer when she arrived in Britain in 1937, having sold designs in France, Germany and the USA. She produced designs for several progressive British textile manufacturers, including Walton Textiles, Donald Brothers, Helios, and Edinburgh Weavers, as well as David Whitehead Ltd. Renowned for producing vibrant contemporary textile prints for the mass-market, David Whitehead Ltd became synonymous with the maxim 'cheap need not be cheap and nasty'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
screen-printed cotton crêpe
Brief description
printed, 1952, British; Mahler, Marion for David Whitehead Ltd.
Physical description
Screen-printed cotton crêpe, blue ground with red, white and olive green abstract design
Credit line
Gift of David Whitehead & Sons Ltd.
Summary
This particular print typifies Marian Mahler's style during the mid 1950s where abstract symbols such as boomerangs, arches, and crescents are interspersed with rhythmic lineal details predominately executed in bold colour palettes.

Mahler, an Austrian émigré, was already a prolific print designer when she arrived in Britain in 1937, having sold designs in France, Germany and the USA. She produced designs for several progressive British textile manufacturers, including Walton Textiles, Donald Brothers, Helios, and Edinburgh Weavers, as well as David Whitehead Ltd. Renowned for producing vibrant contemporary textile prints for the mass-market, David Whitehead Ltd became synonymous with the maxim 'cheap need not be cheap and nasty'.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.8-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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