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John Piper
c 1959

This design was exhibited at the John Piper retrospective exhibition, The Tate Gallery, London 1983. Sanderson commissioned five textiles from the painter and designer John Piper as part of their 1960 centenary celebrations. These were screen printed on Sanderlin, a high quality satinised cotton. From the late 1950's to the early 60's there was a definite interest in painterly textiles that demonstrated the unique potential of screen printing, with its ability to capture the quality of brush-stroked colour. ** "The monumental grandeur of many artists' textiles in the early 1960's was necessary if they were to work in the large scale architectural interiors of the era which witnesed a rapid growth in new public buildings, all which required furnishing with suitably prestigious fabrics" *1 These could be used as curtains and if one wished to increase their length the two slightly shorter panels in the adjoining description could be used. Because of the vertical lines on the fabric, they could quite easily be joined without it being obvious. *1 Artists' Textiles in Britain 1945-1970 by Geoffrey Rayner, Richard Chamberlain & Annamarie Stapleton *Piper's Places John Piper in England & Wales by Richard Ingrams & John Piper **Rufey, Celia & Schoeser, Mary English and American Textiles from 1790 to the present p 220

Cataloguing

"Stones of Bath" a panels screen-printed cotton for Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd and issued in 1962 to commemorate Sanderson's Centenary, the abstract design in shades of blue, green, violet, aubergine, chocolate and light brown, black, red, coral, yellow, 7ft 4 in d x 4 ft 2 in wide; 223 x128 cm selvedge to selvedge , repeat 21 in. I have several four lengths: 7ft 3 in x 4 ft 2 in; 220 x 128 cm 7ft 2 in x 4ft 2 in; 118 x 128 cm 7ft 5 in x 4 ft 2 in; 225 x 128 cm plus a curtain 6ft 9 in x 7ft 8 in; 205 x 234 cm w

Condition

In very good condition. One length has the selvedge almost detached down one side. The curtain has fading down one side. Each drop £ 150