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Medina

Furnishing Fabric
1947 (made), 1943 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed crash.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMedina (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed crash
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Medina' of screen-printed crash, Mary Harper for Donald Bros. Ltd., Dundee, produced 1947, designed 1943 or earlier
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of screen-printed crash.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25in
  • Width: 30in
Object history
This design is found in the archives of Mary Appleby Harper where she gives it the title 'Rowan'. She sold it to Donald Bros. on 23rd August 1943 for 5 Guineas.
Harper was a Birmingham based commercial pattern designer for textiles and wallpaper. She completed her studies at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art shortly before the start of war in 1939, interrupted her career ambitions as a textile designer. She continued her practice as a commercial freelance designer throughout the war before taking up employment with Dunlop in 1947 where she designed pattern for PVC for the Festival of Britain, see Circ.57-1968 and Circ.58-1968. Her uncle, father, mother and cousins taught in a range of capacities at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art. Her father, Frank Sidney Harper (1879 - 1929) was the Art Master there and known as a distinguished watercolour artist. Her Mother Mary Elizabeth Blakeman Harper also taught applied Arts in the city's branch schools.
Production
This design, which Mary Harper called 'Rowan', was sold by the designer to Donald Bros on 23rd August 1943 for 5 Guineas.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.93B-1947

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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