Design for a Headtie
1982-1983 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Blue ground with rows of fairy-tale castles in black and mauve silk and silver metallic thread.
Object details
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| 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 created | August 23, 2000 |
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