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Mandarin

Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hull Traders Ltd. (designed for)
Linda Harper (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of printed white heavy cotton sateen with a grey, black, purple, green, red and white design.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Furnishing Fabric
  • Furnishing Fabric Sample
  • Furnishing Fabric Sample
  • Furnishing Fabric Sample
TitleMandarin (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton sateen
Cotton (Textile)
Printed
Satin Weave
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Mandarin' of printed heavy cotton sateen, designed by Linda Harper for Hull Traders Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1970
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of printed white heavy cotton sateen with a grey, black, purple, green, red and white design.
Dimensions
  • Selvedge to selvedge width: 1270mm (Maximum) (Note: T.168:1-1989)
  • Length: 1230mm (Maximum)
Measured by conservation
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MANDARIN designed by LINDA HARPER * A TIME PRESENT FABRIC * fully shrunk, washable' (Printed along the selvedge)
  • 'Hand Printed by * HULL TRADERS Ltd. *' (Printed along the selvedge)
  • 'Mandarin / HULL TRADERS LIMITED / TIME PRESENT FABRICS / Colour Black/Red/Green / Width 48/50' (Paper label attached to the textile)
Credit line
Given by the makers
Object history
Registered File number 1977/2184.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.168:1 to 4-1989

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O270445/mandarin-furnishing-fabric-linda-harper/
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