Lucienne Day
Tarn

Tarn

© 1958 The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation

Tarn
Tarn
DesignerBritish, 1917–2010
ManufacturerEnglish, established 1810
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Tarn
DateDesigned 1958
MediumRoller-printed cotton
Dimensions66 9/16 × 49 13/16 in. (169 × 126.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol, Dan, Abigail and Rex Price in memory of Josephine Muller Shanks
Object number2021.72
Not on view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, United Kingdom; [Francesca Galloway, London, 2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition Historyn/a
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
n/a
Stamped in margin: <-- TOP / "TARN" / BY Lucienne Day.
Catalogue raisonnén/a

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Bedcover
Unknown English
Bedcover
c. 1816
Cotton, roller printed, quilted
B.75.55
Wallpaper Sample
M. H. Birge & Sons
Wallpaper Sample
1890–1916
Roller-printed on ungrounded paper
84.757
Golden Harvest furnishing fabric
Althea McNish
Golden Harvest furnishing fabric
designed c. 1958, made 1959–c. 1970s
Screen-printed cotton
2022.112
"Hausa" furnishing fabric
Calister Thomas
"Hausa" furnishing fabric
c. 1972
Printed cotton
2022.636
Overall
Hiroshi Awatsuji
Ropes
designed 1971
Screen-printed cotton
2023.155
Overall recto
Calister Thomas
Dutchman's Plaque
c. 1971
Screen-printed cotton
2023.431
"Circle" from the Decor 1 Collection
Verner Panton
"Circle" from the Decor 1 Collection
designed 1969, made c. 1973
Screen-printed cotton cretonne
2023.152
Legge Mediterranea
Giò Ponti
Legge Mediterranea
1954
Screen-printed cotton sateen
2022.50
"Elfenbein" Textile
Max Snischek
"Elfenbein" Textile
Designed 1927, manufactured 1928–1932
Block-printed cotton
2000.204
Provided
Don Wight
Primavera
designed 1959, made 1959–1984
Screen-printed cotton velvet
2020.106
"Carnavalet" textile length
Fortuny
"Carnavalet" textile length
c. 1950–1975
Printed cotton
94.706
Polaroid from object file
Fortuny
"De Medici" Textile
c.1950–1975
Printed cotton
94.703