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Furnishing Fabric

1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This roller-printed cotton furnishing fabric was designed by George Sheringham for Tootal Broadhurst Lee & Co. in 1925. The repeat shows a couple dressed in fanciful 18th century court costume accompanied by a bounding pink spaniel. Many Italian fashion plates of the 1920s made by the pochoir stencil method feature similar ‘fairytale’ imagery.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Roller-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton, designed by George Sheringham, manufactured by Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee & Co., Manchester, about 1925.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. With a repeat of a couple dressed in fanciful stylised 'eighteenth-century' court costume walking past an oak tree, and accompanied by a bounding spaniel in shades of pink, lavender, tan and dull green. The black ground is scattered with large flowers, small stars and butterflies and has a pattern of pink lines resembling a 'log cabin' quilt pattern.
Dimensions
  • Length: 124.5cm
  • Width: 91.5cm
  • Length: 49in
  • Width: 36in
Style
Credit line
Given by the Manchester Design Registry
Object history
Many Italian fashion plates of the 1920s made by the pochoir stencil method feature similar 'fairytale' imagery.
Summary
This roller-printed cotton furnishing fabric was designed by George Sheringham for Tootal Broadhurst Lee & Co. in 1925. The repeat shows a couple dressed in fanciful 18th century court costume accompanied by a bounding pink spaniel. Many Italian fashion plates of the 1920s made by the pochoir stencil method feature similar ‘fairytale’ imagery.
Bibliographic reference
Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003, Plate 84. Grant, Sarah. Toiles de Jouy. French Printed Cottons. ondon: V&A Publishing, 2010, p. 133, fig. 60.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.475-1966

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2002
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