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Description: | Stylised design of roses and Greek columns by Marion Dorn in 4 colourways, pink and brown, pink and grey, yellow and green and blue. Screen printed for Donald Brothers by Bernard Wardle. Nicolaus Pevsner described this treatment of classical and floral motifs as 'strictly contemporary' and claimed it was proof of Dorn's 'extraordinary talents and versatility', he is also quoted as saying Delamere is "one of the best prints that Donald's have brought out for some time". [All information taken from The Architect of Floors; Modernism, Art and Marion Dorn Designs. Christine Boydell. Published Schoeser 1996. Available in the Archive.] This design was available in the United States in the 1940s for the Textile Art Outlets Company, New York. Several colourways were marketed exclusively as Marion Dorn Ltd. | Format: | Textile | License: | http://www.stickii.co.uk/umis/termsandconditions.html#heriot-watt-rights | Publisher: | Heriot-Watt University Archive, Records Management and Museum Service Scottish Borders Campus, | Rights holder: | 46182 | Subjects: | Floral patterns Abstract (fine arts style) Furnishing textile materials Architecture Printed textile materials | Temporal: | 1939 | Source: | Heriot-Watt University | Identifier: | DB/6/6/1/45 | Format: | Textile |
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