Driftwood textile

Hal Missingham · c. 1947

Here we have Driftwood textile — a design object by Hal Missingham, around nineteen forty-seven. A screenprint, the ink pushed through a stencilled mesh — flat unmodulated colour, and one screen for every colour in it.

Medium Screenprinted silk · Dimensions 36 1/4 × 23" (92.1 × 58.4 cm) · Credit Anonymous gift

Hanging beside it in Gallery 516: Rios 5, Fleur lamp (model LP166)

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Fabric Sample, Furnishing Fabric, Drapery Fabric, Drapery Fabric, The Jungle, Blobs, Leaf