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Textile Design

c.1894 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Silver Studio (designed for)
Silver, Arthur (designer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Design for a cretonne, with a repeat pattern of flowering plants of the Ranunculus type. With colour key.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Textile design
Materials and techniques
Gouache
Gouache
Drawing
Brief description
Design for a cretonne, with a repeat pattern of flowering plants of the Ranunculus type. With colour key. Gouache drawing by Herbert Railton and produced by the Silver Studios, late 19th century.
Physical description
Design for a cretonne, with a repeat pattern of flowering plants of the Ranunculus type. With colour key.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51.2cm
  • Width: 52.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1120.B' (Numbered in pencil)
  • 'A. Silver Designer 84 Brook Green London' (Stamped on the back)
Credit line
Given by Miss Mary Peerless
Subjects depicted
Cretonne
Flower
Plants
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.460-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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