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Furnishing Fabric

1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Steiner & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
Lancashire (made)

This roller-printed cotton furnishing fabric was manufactured by F. Steiner & Co. in the 1920s. The design is of imitation Egyptian tomb paintings, with hieroglyphs and cartouches. There was a craze for Egyptian style objects following Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

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Object details

Categories
Household Objects
Textiles
Interiors
SCRAN
Object type
Furnishing fabric
Materials and techniques
Roller-printed cotton
Cotton
Roller Printing
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton, Steiner & Co., Lancashire, 1920s.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. With a design of Egyptian tomb paintings in a slightly pixellated form, and includes mock hieroglyphs inside cartouches, serpents, and eagles in lapis lazuli, orange, tan and brown.
Dimensions
  • Length: 77cm (at longest edge)
  • Width: 78.5cm
Style
Art Deco
Credit line
Given by Miss Peerless
Summary
This roller-printed cotton furnishing fabric was manufactured by F. Steiner & Co. in the 1920s. The design is of imitation Egyptian tomb paintings, with hieroglyphs and cartouches. There was a craze for Egyptian style objects following Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Bibliographic reference
Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 79.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.668-1966

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Record createdSeptember 13, 2002
Record URL
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