Not currently on display at the V&A

Design for a Headtie

1982-1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blue ground with rows of fairy-tale castles in black and mauve silk and silver metallic thread.


Object details

Category
Object type
Brief description
Paper design for a textile print for a gele, headwrap or headtie, Hayes Textiles Ltd London for export to Nigeria. 1982-83
Physical description
Blue ground with rows of fairy-tale castles in black and mauve silk and silver metallic thread.
Credit line
Gift of the estate of Mr. D.A. Butler
Production
made for Hayes Textiles Limited, London, for export to Nigeria
Bibliographic reference
Stylianou, N., 'Designing for a New Nigeria: Hayes Textiles Limited and the British Manuacture of Gele in the Postcolonial Period' in Farley, L and Weddell, J., (eds)., Design Objects and the Museum (London, 2016), pp.41-50
Collection
Accession number
T.129:2-2000

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Record createdAugust 23, 2000
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