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Pot Plant

Curtain
c.1948 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Curtain, printed rayon, decorated with a combed ground showing tankard design called Pot Plant. There are stripes of repeating tankard motifs in black, blue, yellow and red on brown combed ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePot Plant (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed rayon
Brief description
printed rayon, Pot Plant, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948
Physical description
Curtain, printed rayon, decorated with a combed ground showing tankard design called Pot Plant. There are stripes of repeating tankard motifs in black, blue, yellow and red on brown combed ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 168cm
  • Width: 90cm
Production
This fabric is thought to have been designed and produced by Footprints under the directorship of Joyce Clissold [1905-1982], but this has not been confirmed.

Attribution note: Label originally attached to the fabric, now on RF, says '30. Pot Plant [from a child's drawing, aged 7]. Available on 36" cotton, 36" rayon, 36" linen.'
Collection
Accession number
T.56-2001

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Record createdMay 21, 2002
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