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Presentation board

Description

Design presentation board including fabric samples, colour samples and cuttings, designed for the Supplies Division of the Department of the Environment: Scotland, Galashiels, designed by Bernat Klein, c. 1969 - 1971

Museum reference

K.2010.94.101

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Presentation board

Production information

Bernat Klein Design Consultants Ltd, 1966 - 1973, Designer and manufacturer
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1969 - 1971

Materials

Cardboard, Paper, Synthetic fibre

Physical description

Design presentation board of black card in two parts fixed together at top edge with adhesive tape, illustrated on all four sides, folds out for viewing. Top of first board with group of five synthetic textile samples and two paper colour samples at centre in shades of blue, green and purple annotated to indicate their use for interior furnishing, lower edge of board labelled '7'. Back of first board illustrated with magazine cutting of an interior scene in shades of brown and yellow, annotated, with surrounding guide lines, title across top; 'Department of the Environment - Coordinated scheme Example 2 - Middle management office', lower edge of page labelled '8'. Top side of second board illustrated with three synthetic textile samples and three paper colour samples in shades of brown and yellow, annotated to indictae their use for interior furnishing, lower edge of board labelled '9'. Back of second board with drawn guidelines for placement of samples and relevant annotation. Adhesive marks suggesting one sample is now missing, top of boards labelled 'Arlington Plastics Limited', lower edge of page labelled '10'.

Associations

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014

Exhibitions

  • Bernat Klein: Design in Colour (05 Nov 2022 - 23 Apr 2023)
    National Museum of Scotland

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