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Bird and Flower silk damask sample (c. 1880-85)

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Date: c. 1880-85
Dimensions: 116.8 x 76.2
Object Type: textile
Material: silk damask
Catalogue number: F34
Designer: Mackmurdo | Arthur Heygate | 1851 | 1942
Retailer: Century Guild
Credit notes: Mackmurdo bequest, 1942

This silk damask, designed by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for The Century Guild was produced as a sample. The horizontal stripes show three colouways. The design features a long necked bird amongst flowers, its long tail curling through the stems to form the CG mongram.

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