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Painted Desert

Textile Design
c.1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hull Traders Ltd. (designed for)
McNish, Althea (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Hand-coloured monotype

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Prints
Printmaking Techniques
Wall Coverings
Woman Artist
Caribbean
Object type
Textile design
TitlePainted Desert (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured monotype
Poster Colour
Monotype
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Althea McNish. "Painted Desert". Textile design for Hull Traders. Hand-coloured monotype. British, 1961
Physical description
Hand-coloured monotype
Dimensions
  • Height: 745mm
  • Width: 468mm
Bibliographic reference
John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1030-1979

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O552289/painted-desert-textile-design-mcnish-althea/
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