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Description: | Moquette is the durable upholstery fabric used on public transport across the world. This sample features a repeating pattern of lozenge shapes in shades of blue and brown. It is a reproduction of the pattern originally used on trains during the 1920s, and on bus, tram and trolleybus seating in the 1930s. This one is thought to have been specially woven in 1990 for a Northern line train that was refurbished in the style of a 1920s train.
Designed in 1923, the pattern was the first to be specifically commissioned by the Underground Group and became the standard moquette design. The designer is unknown, but all three main moquette manufacturers produced the lozenge design. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | c1923 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Designer : Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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