87/1998-1

Collection

Textiles

Brief description

One of a pair of curtains made from cotton printed with a stylised floral design in orange and yellow with foliage on a brown background, possibly manufactured by the John Lewis Partnership between c.1960 and 1965. There is a Documenting Homes collection associated with this object, 23/2009.

Object name

curtain

Object number

87/1998-1

Production organisation

John Lewis Partnership (manufacturer)

Production date

1960-1965 (manufactured)

Production place

London (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

cotton
metal alloy

Technique

printed
machine woven
sewn

Physical description

One of a pair of curtains made from cotton textile printed with an interlocking, stylised floral design with foliage. The design has an all-over repeat and is in seven colours and the motifs have a blue black outline. The top edge of the curtain has a length of pale orange or cream rufflet curtain tape and a row of metal alloy curtain hooks, which is machine sewn onto the fabric. This curtain has hand sewn hems and a printed selvedge which reads 'printed in Vat colours'. The textile has a slightly weft faced weave.

Dimensions

Length: 272cm
Width: 114cm

Website keywords

textiles
window treatments