Gaudi
Dress Fabric
1984 (designed)
1984 (designed)
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Screen-printed and discharge-dyed grey silk dress fabric with a design reminiscent of a mosaic of broken china fragments. The design depicts a detail of mosaic, which includes architectural images of Corinthian pillar finials and other fragments of pattern in gold, and gold-and-black.
This design was based on research made in Barcelona, developed from paintings of some parts of the mosaic wall Spanish Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí created in the Park Güell.
Helen David founded English Eccentrics, a fashion and textile design company, in 1982. Since its inception the company has expanded its production range to include furniture, fine art prints and other decorative objects for the interior. Helen David maintains that the company's goal is to produce luxury products in limited quantities, drawing on high quality materials.
This design was based on research made in Barcelona, developed from paintings of some parts of the mosaic wall Spanish Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí created in the Park Güell.
Helen David founded English Eccentrics, a fashion and textile design company, in 1982. Since its inception the company has expanded its production range to include furniture, fine art prints and other decorative objects for the interior. Helen David maintains that the company's goal is to produce luxury products in limited quantities, drawing on high quality materials.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Gaudi (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed silk and discharge-dyed |
| Brief description | Screen-printed and discharge-dyed silk dress fabric 'Gaudi', designed by Helen David for English Eccentrics, Great Britain, 1984 |
| Physical description | Screen-printed and discharge-dyed grey silk dress fabric with a design reminiscent of a mosaic of broken china fragments. The fragments depict fragmentary sections of mosaic, architectural drawings (depicting Corinthian pillar finials), and other fragments of pattern in gold, and gold-and-black. |
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| Credit line | Given by the makers |
| Object history | One of 4 samples in 4 colourways T.299 to C-1988. Originally a fashion fabric for summer 1985, this pattern has been reworked into a furnishing fabric. Another textile, Gaudi Stripe, is listed as a development from the original Gaudi print to be a coordinate design, object number: T.301-1988. |
| Summary | Screen-printed and discharge-dyed grey silk dress fabric with a design reminiscent of a mosaic of broken china fragments. The design depicts a detail of mosaic, which includes architectural images of Corinthian pillar finials and other fragments of pattern in gold, and gold-and-black. This design was based on research made in Barcelona, developed from paintings of some parts of the mosaic wall Spanish Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí created in the Park Güell. Helen David founded English Eccentrics, a fashion and textile design company, in 1982. Since its inception the company has expanded its production range to include furniture, fine art prints and other decorative objects for the interior. Helen David maintains that the company's goal is to produce luxury products in limited quantities, drawing on high quality materials. |
| Bibliographic reference | Note given by English Eccentrics to the museum, 1984, Requisition File, 1988/1470 (Box 1092) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.299-1988 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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