Textile printed with scattered paisleys and a paisley border on the left edge. The teardrop-shaped paisleys are composed of long pointed shapes filled with squiggly lines; the pointed shapes create a spiky outer edge. The paisleys are a mix of different sizes and colors: orange, aqua, green, red-brown, pink-purple, pale yellow, light blue. Little faceted squares inside each paisley match the light blue faceted squares scattered between them. Light blue diagonal lines shoot out from the paisleys, over the background of squiggly beige lines on purple-blue. The border on the left is of medium-small paisleys in alternate facings on a solid purple-ble background. The colors and shapes of these paisleys are like those in the scattered print, with little squares and diagonal lines between them.

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Object Timeline

1987	Work on this object began.
1989	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2019	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Textile, Srinagar

This is a Textile. It was designed by Zandra Rhodes and company: Osborne and Little. It is dated 1987 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is cotton and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Textile and fashion designer Zandra Rhodes is known for her outrageously colorful prints. Many of her feminine designs are combined with the spikes, holes, and safety pins emblematic of the punk era. Here, she uses a series of spikes to demarcate her paisley pattern, giving a sharp edge to a usually soft shape.

This object was donated by Zandra Rhodes. It is credited Gift of Zandra Rhodes.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 505 x 151.5 cm (16 ft. 6 13/16 in. x 59 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 80.1 x 147.5 cm (31 1/2 x 58 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed on left un-printed margin: " TOP "SRINAGAR" DESIGNED BY Zandra Rhodes c FOR OSBORNE AND LITTLE c SCREEN PRINTED IN SWITZERLAND COPYRIGHT MCMLXXXVII "

Cite this object as

Textile, Srinagar; Designed by Zandra Rhodes (British, b. 1940); Company: Osborne & Little (United Kingdom); England; cotton; Warp x Weft: 505 x 151.5 cm (16 ft. 6 13/16 in. x 59 5/8 in.) Repeat H: 80.1 x 147.5 cm (31 1/2 x 58 1/16 in.); Gift of Zandra Rhodes; 1989-40-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Paisley.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DuS6/
Accession Number 1989-40-2
Object ID 18632737