Tivoli

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Artist/Maker	Heal's Wholesale & Export Limited (manufactured by) Peter Hall (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	Tivoli
Materials and techniques	Machine-screen printed cotton Cotton (Textile) Screen Printed
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'Tivoli' of machine-screen printed cotton, designed by Peter Hall for Heal Fabrics Ltd., Great Britain, 1967
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of machine-screen printed cotton in yellow, buff and olive-green.
Dimensions	Length: 48in Width: 108in
Credit line	Given by Heal & Son Ltd.
Subject depicted	Stylized Flowers
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.27-1968

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Record created	November 11, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69737/tivoli-furnishing-fabric-peter-hall/

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