6 Views
Sample Book
1983 (made)
1983 (made)
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Sample book containing 25 samples of a collection of 6 views in printed cotton. Contained within a heading board of black plastic inscribed in white 'COLLIER CAMPBELL with Christian Fischbacher'.
The six designs are:
Kasbah: in 4 colourways, with a geometric design resembling traditional carpet motifs.
Cote d'Azure: in 4 colourways, with a painterly pattern incorporating palm trees, balustrades birds and lattice stripes, reminiscent of the style of Matisse.
Spice Route, in 4 colourways, with a geometric linear design incorporating small interlocking jagged areas of colour, loosely based on an Ikat weave.
Havana: in 4 colourways, with vertical rows of zig-zagged ribbons.
Water Meadow: in 5 colourways, with horizontal rows of freely drawn vegetation and flowers hovered over by dragon flied all on a watery ground.
Romany: in 4 colourways, with a loosely drawn floral repeat in the style of 'barge art'.
The six designs are:
Kasbah: in 4 colourways, with a geometric design resembling traditional carpet motifs.
Cote d'Azure: in 4 colourways, with a painterly pattern incorporating palm trees, balustrades birds and lattice stripes, reminiscent of the style of Matisse.
Spice Route, in 4 colourways, with a geometric linear design incorporating small interlocking jagged areas of colour, loosely based on an Ikat weave.
Havana: in 4 colourways, with vertical rows of zig-zagged ribbons.
Water Meadow: in 5 colourways, with horizontal rows of freely drawn vegetation and flowers hovered over by dragon flied all on a watery ground.
Romany: in 4 colourways, with a loosely drawn floral repeat in the style of 'barge art'.
Object details
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| Title | 6 Views (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Sample book containing 25 samples of '6 Views' in printed cotton, designed by Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell of Collier Campbell, for Christian Fischbacher, Switzerland, printed by Standfast, 1983 |
| Physical description | Sample book containing 25 samples of a collection of 6 views in printed cotton. Contained within a heading board of black plastic inscribed in white 'COLLIER CAMPBELL with Christian Fischbacher'. The six designs are: Kasbah: in 4 colourways, with a geometric design resembling traditional carpet motifs. Cote d'Azure: in 4 colourways, with a painterly pattern incorporating palm trees, balustrades birds and lattice stripes, reminiscent of the style of Matisse. Spice Route, in 4 colourways, with a geometric linear design incorporating small interlocking jagged areas of colour, loosely based on an Ikat weave. Havana: in 4 colourways, with vertical rows of zig-zagged ribbons. Water Meadow: in 5 colourways, with horizontal rows of freely drawn vegetation and flowers hovered over by dragon flied all on a watery ground. Romany: in 4 colourways, with a loosely drawn floral repeat in the style of 'barge art'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'COLLIER CAMPBELL with Christian Fischbacher' (Inscribed in white on the heading board) |
| Credit line | Given by the makers |
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| Accession number | T.183-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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