This is a colorful textile design featuring a paisley pattern in yellow, orange, purple, cobalt blue, lime green, white, black, and grey gouache on coral pink paper. The teardrop-shaped paisleys are different sizes and colors, and are evenly scattered across the page in different orientations. The paisleys are patterned with squiggly lines inside long pointed shapes, giving them spiky edges. Grey diagonal lines emerge from the paisley motifs, and grey small squares or cubes, with small diagonal lines radiating from them, are scattered between the paisleys. The design shows various process marks. A strip along the left edge is taped to the main sheet. Near the upper left corner, an area of the background is squiggle-patterned white. The upper right corner is cut away in a curve, hugging the nearby paisley. Near the bottom left corner there is a white bean-shape, as if a paisley has been cut out or painted over. Various white labels, inscriptions, and a black stamp annotate the drawing.

The image is © Designed by Zandra Rhodes for Osborne & Little. There is one other image of this object. See our image rights statement.

Object Timeline

1987	Work on this object began.
1989	We acquired this object.
2017	We photographed this object.
2019	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Drawing, Textile Design: Srinagar

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Zandra Rhodes. It is dated 1987 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on pink paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

92.9 × 145.9 cm (36 9/16 × 57 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, lower right corner: The House of Zandra Rhodes; Zandra Rhodes © Zandra Rhodes [appears twice]. Text is positioned inside an oval shape with scalloped edges.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: JEWELLED PAiSLEY / FABRiC ZR/OL/UK/86/973F / 133 cm × 81.5 cm; on a small white rectangular sticker, upper center: 97759

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Srinagar; Designed by Zandra Rhodes (British, b. 1940); England; brush and gouache, graphite on pink paper; 92.9 × 145.9 cm (36 9/16 × 57 7/16 in.); Gift of Zandra Rhodes; 1989-40-5

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DuSc/
Accession Number 1989-40-5
Object ID 18632743