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Artist/Maker	Hull Traders Ltd. (designed for) Margaret Cannon (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Furnishing fabric of printed cotton sateen with a bold geometric navy and white design of stylised flowers and rosettes. Bellona vat dyed satin. 4 colours.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Quarto (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Printed cotton sateen, vat dyed Cotton (Textile) Printed Dyed Satin Weave
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Quarto' of printed cotton sateen, designed by Margaret Cannon for Hull Traders Ltd., Great Britain, 1966.
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of printed cotton sateen with a bold geometric navy and white design of stylised flowers and rosettes. Bellona vat dyed satin. 4 colours.
Dimensions	Repeat length: 24in Width: 50in
Marks and inscriptions	'Quarto / Bellona Vat Dyed Satin / HULL TRADERS LIMITED / TIME PRESENT FABRICS / colour White/Navy / width 50" / price / repeat 24"' (Paper label attached) 'QUARTO designed by MARGARET CANNON * A TIME PRESENT FABRIC * fully shrunk, washable' (Printed along one selvedge) 'Hand Printed by * HULL TRADERS Ltd. *' (Printed along opposite selvedge)
Credit line	Given by the makers
Object history	Registered File number 1977/2184.
Subjects depicted	Flowers Rosettes Geometric
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.128-1989

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O270483/quarto-furnishing-fabric-margaret-cannon/

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