189/1998

Collection

Textiles

Brief description

Tea towel made from cotton fabric with the 'Chequers' design, printed with a grid pattern of lavender and aqua rectangles and grey abstract designs on a cream ground, manufactured in India, retailed through The Conran Shop and purchased in 1998.

Title

Chequers

Object name

tea towel

Object number

189/1998

Production person

Terence Conran (designer)

Production organisation

The Conran Shop (retailer)

Production date

1998 (retailed)
1951 (designed)

Production place

London (retailed)
India (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

cotton

Technique

printed
sewn
machine woven

Physical description

Cotton teatowel printed with the Chequers design by Terence Conran with a cream ground with purple/grey undulating horizontal and vertical lines intersecting to form a grid design. Some of the wavy rectangles formed by these lines are printed with lavendar rectangles, some are printed with aqua rectangles, others are printed in purple/grey with splodges and short lines in an abstract design. The design does not form a complete repeat.

Dimensions

Length: 60.9cm
Width: 61cm

Website keywords

cleaning
textiles

Label

Label text, Geffrye Museum, date unknown:
Chequers Teatowel Designed by Terence Conran Retailed Through The Conran Shop, 1998.