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Textile Design

c.1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour drawing of a single pink rose, stylised, with a partly black background. It is painted in a very simple style, like a sketch for a stencil. Was possibly designed for a handkerchief border.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on tracing paper
Brief description
Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Large pink stylized rose. Design for a textile, Scottish, c.1918
Physical description
Watercolour drawing of a single pink rose, stylised, with a partly black background. It is painted in a very simple style, like a sketch for a stencil. Was possibly designed for a handkerchief border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
  • Width: 21cm
Credit line
Given by Mr. James Meldrum
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969
  • 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
Accession number
E.853-1968

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2001
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