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Furnishing Fabric

1939 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Swatch of woven furnishing fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven
Brief description
Swatch of woven furnishing fabric, designed for Heals, retailed in London, 1939
Physical description
Swatch of woven furnishing fabric.
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jean Carruthes
Object history
Registered File number 1990/2126. One of 15 small samples T.421: 1 to 15-1990.
The justification for acquisition states:
This interesting collection of small samples of high quality woven furnishings are important becase they can be dated precisely to 1939, a period in which there was not a great deal of activity in the British market. Part of the collection (the gift also included T.222-1990 group) are from Heal & Son and have tickets attached with prices. Other samples are of a similar quality but not all are identified.

In a letter dated 1990, Ms Carruthes, the donor, states that the samples were 'recently given to me by a neighbour for patchwork but I cannot make use of them.'
Collection
Accession number
T.421:4-1990

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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