45/1994-1

Collection

Textiles

Brief description

One of a pair of curtains made from cotton with the 'Reciprocation' pattern, screen-printed with a design of dark and light blue squares and circles if varying sizes, on a white background, designed by Barbara Brown for Heal Fabrics Ltd., in 1963.

Title

Reciprocation

Object name

curtain

Object number

45/1994-1

Production person

Barbara Brown (designer)

Production organisation

Heal Fabrics Ltd (manufacturer)
Heal and Son Ltd

Production date

1963 (designed)

Production place

London (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

cotton

Technique

machine woven
sewn
screen printed

Physical description

One of a pair of machine woven cotton curtains screen printed with a grid like design of squares containing squares and circles of varying size. The design is in dark, mid blue and white.

Dimensions

Length: 126cm
Width: 226cm

Website keywords

textiles
window treatments

Label

Label text, Geffrye Museum, date unknown:
Reciprocation Curtain, Designed by Barbara Brown for Heal Fabrics, 1963.

Caption for Exploring 20th Century London website:
This curtain is made from 'Reciprocation' furnishing fabric which was designed by Barbara Brown for Heal's in Tottenham Court Road in 1963. Barbara Brown was one of many young designers during the early 1960s who embraced geometric patterns. This design was an important early Op-Art fabric, showing the influence of contemporary art on design of the period. The design was exhibited at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester and it won a gold medal at the Californian State Fair.

Associated organisations

Whitworth Art Gallery