Furnishing Fabric
1928 (made)
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This furnishing fabric was designed by W. Herrman for William Foxton in 1928. The abstract motifs are reminiscent of modernist architecture or machinery.
The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field.
The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Roller-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton, designed by W. Herrman for William Foxton Ltd., London, 1928. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. With dynamic forms resembling architecture and machinery in bright orange, purple and brown on a beige ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Manchester Design Registry |
| Summary | This furnishing fabric was designed by W. Herrman for William Foxton in 1928. The abstract motifs are reminiscent of modernist architecture or machinery. The firm of William Foxton Ltd., founded in 1903, produced some of the most innovative artist-designed textiles of the 1920s. It commissioned artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Claude Lovat Fraser, F. Gregory Brown and Minnie McLeish. In 1915 William Foxton helped to found the Design and Industries Association. The aim was to improve the standard of British industrial design by exhibiting new designs and communicating information about them to those working in the field. |
| Bibliographic reference | Samuels, Charlotte. Art Deco Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2003. Plate 98.
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| Accession number | CIRC.566-1966 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2002 |
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