Curtain
1950 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Marian Mahler (ca.1911-1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Curtain of printed cotton, designed by Marian Mahler, made by David Whitehead Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1952 |
| Physical description | Curtain of printed cotton. Printed with a mobile design in a cherry red ground. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | One of two curtains with T.504:1-1996. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Marian Mahler (ca.1911-1983 b. Austria) was a freelance artist who studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1929 to 1932 and then at the Royal State Academy. In 1937 she emigrated to Britain where she worked for various leading textile manufacturers including Allan Walton, Edinburgh Weavers and Donald Brothers. She is renowed for the designs she created for furnishing fabrics produced by David Whitehouse Ltd in the 1950s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.504:2-1996 |
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| Record created | November 8, 2002 |
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