Metropolis
Furnishing Fabric
1960s (made)
1960s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of heavy cotton satin printed in three colours.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Metropolis (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton satin |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric 'Metropolis' of printed cotton satin, designed by Mea Angerer for Hull Traders Ltd., England, 1960s. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of heavy cotton satin printed in three colours. |
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| Credit line | Given by the makers |
| Object history | Registered File number 1977/2184. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hayes Marshall, Herbert George. British Textile Designers Today. Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis (Publishers) Limited, 1939
pp. 48-51, includes three black white photographs of designs
Mea Angerer, N.R.D.
22 Greville Place, London, N.W.6.
Mea Angerer is a member of the National Register of Designers. Trained at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, she was a pupil of Professor Josef Hoffmann, and still believes in the chief maxims of this famous teacher – “contemporary design for a modern world” and “we should learn from our predecessors, but not copy them.” While still at Art School, Mea Angerer had several designs reproduced by the Wiener Werkstatte – that workshop of exclusive modern decoration with an international reputation, which unhappily ceased to exist some years ago. She also sold designs to France, Germany, Switzerland and the United States.
Mea Angerer came to England in 1928 to work with Messrs. Eton Rural Fabrics, on whose staff she was for eighteen months. Except for a short break, while she was working with an advertising agency, she has been a free-lance designer ever since. Although interested in other branches of designing for interior decoration and reproduction, textile designing has always held the favourite place among her occupations. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.124-1989 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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