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Artist/Maker	Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by) Evelyn Brooks (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Heal Fabrics Ltd., London, was founded in 1941 as a subsidiary of the long-established firm Heal & Son and was originally known as Heal's Wholsesale and Export Ltd.. After the Second World War the company began to specialize in furnishing fabrics and in 1958 changed its name to Heal Fabrics. Under the visionary direction of Tom Worthington (1948-1971) the company secured a worldwide reputation for issuing well-designed contemporary fabrics.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	Impact
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed cotton sateen Sateen Printed
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Impact' of machine screen-printed cotton sateen, designed by Evelyn Brooks for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1965
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of machine screen-printed cotton sateen.
Dimensions	Length: 108in Width: 48in
Credit line	Given by Heal Fabrics Ltd.
Subject depicted	Geometric Patterns
Summary	Heal Fabrics Ltd., London, was founded in 1941 as a subsidiary of the long-established firm Heal & Son and was originally known as Heal's Wholsesale and Export Ltd.. After the Second World War the company began to specialize in furnishing fabrics and in 1958 changed its name to Heal Fabrics. Under the visionary direction of Tom Worthington (1948-1971) the company secured a worldwide reputation for issuing well-designed contemporary fabrics.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.250-1967

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Record created	November 8, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69678/impact-furnishing-fabric-evelyn-brooks/

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