Furnishing Fabric
1925 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| 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 created | September 19, 2002 |
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