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Enid Marx
Curtain fabric with cornucopia repeat pattern
Details
Artist
Enid Marx
Title
Curtain fabric with cornucopia repeat pattern
Date
1938
Medium
Brown/black block printed undyed linen, with yellow cotton lining
Marx was well known for her striking fabric and wallpaper designs, which were often inspired by objects around her. Marx and Lambert owned two vases and a corn dolly of the cornucopia. Here the design is a black vertical pattern with alternating repeated columns of oval nut-like shapes, with flowerfilled cornucopia.