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Fabric

Williamson, Alexander Hardie
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Fabric sample, white cotton, rectangular in shape with one curved edge, three edges are pinked and the fourth is a selvedge; screen-printed with a pattern called 'Figwart Stripe' by Alexander Hardie Williamson, comprising a repeating motif of broad vertical stripes in pink, with stylised stems and shoots to the left and leaves to the right, this is alternated with a repeating motif of a narrow, black vertical line printed over a wider light blue strip with, to either side, off-centred scallops in relief, bordered in brown.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 51734

Creation/Production

Williamson, Alexander Hardie
Trained and taught at RCA for 21 years, including a period as Head of Printed Textiles (1951-1955).
Role: Production
Role: Designer
Place: Sussex
Period: 1948

Measurements

Length (cm): 45.8
Width (cm): 68.3

Material

Cotton

Location

In conservation
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  • Textile

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