Music (Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1945/49

Designed by Susan Williams-Ellis (English, 1918–2007)
Produced by Bernard Wardle & Co. (British, about 1950/80)
England, Barnoldswick

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Susan Williams-Ellis (Designer)
Title: Music (Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Barnoldswick (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1945–1949
Medium: Cotton, satin weave; screenprinted
Inscriptions: Inscription (on left selvage): "music" designed by SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS for bernard wardle; (on right selvage): Printed in Vat Colours
Dimensions: 250.6 × 125.7 cm (98 3/4 × 49 1/2 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 57.8 cm (22 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment
Reference Number: 1994.22

Art Institute of Chicago, Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design, May 18, 2018-January 6, 2019.

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