La Danse
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1920 (manufactured)
ca. 1920 (manufactured)
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Furnishing fabric of two colour block printed cotton and linen. It has a natural ground printed in madder red with a bold drop repeat of a white sailor dancing with a turbanned mulatoo girl, whilst to the left a black man is playing an accordian. These figures flank a half rigged sailing ship anchored in the middle distant. This Caribbean scene is enclosed by a heavy framework of large banana or plantain leaves and bamboo stems.
Object details
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| Title | La Danse (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Block-printed linen and cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of printed cotton and linen 'La Danse', designed by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini-Férier, France, ca. 1920. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of two colour block printed cotton and linen. It has a natural ground printed in madder red with a bold drop repeat of a white sailor dancing with a turbanned mulatoo girl, whilst to the left a black man is playing an accordian. These figures flank a half rigged sailing ship anchored in the middle distant. This Caribbean scene is enclosed by a heavy framework of large banana or plantain leaves and bamboo stems. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Lettice Rathbone |
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| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated plate 10 in 'Etoffes Imprimee et Papiers Peints', Leon Moussiac, 1924.
Exhibited Catalogue no.1155,' The World of Art Deco' Minneapolis 1971 and illustrated p.191.
Exhibited 'Raoul Dufy createur d'etoffes', Mulhouse 1973:
catalogue no. 96 La Danse c.1920 design for a furnishing fabric;
catalogue no. 125 La Danse c.1924/25 design for a printed silk;
catalogue no. 177 La Danse c.1911/12 wood block;
catalogue no. 200 La Danse c.1909/1910 panel of linen and cotton hand-painted with block printed small leaves and border. It was made for Paul Poiret and has the initials R.D. in the lower left hand corner of the central design;
illustrated in colour p.7 |
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| Accession number | T.169-1973 |
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| Record created | May 4, 2004 |
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