For lovers of indigo hand block printing and those interested in Phyllis Barron & Dorothy Larcher. Rare piece from the curtains at Girton College, Cambridge.
Winchester from the The Fell Dining Room curtains, Girton College, Cambridge designed by Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher, hand block and indigo discharge printed on a natural linen ground with a geometric design,
27 x 34 in wide; 69 x 86 cm wide
You will see this piece is quite damaged. The third panel from the left is the best. Overall fading and holes to four panels.
See my article on the curtains on my website ARTICLES
The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1928, p 185.
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