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Left Examples of the differentcolourways issued for the‘Sequoia’ pattern digitallyreprinted by Classic Textilesin 2003. Courtesy of the Centre forAdvanced Textiles, theGlasgow School of Art.

Right A Heals advertisementfor the ‘Sequoia’ pattern fromthe 1959 collection, in Designmagazine, 1959. Reproduced by kindpermission of the DesignCouncil and the Robin andLucienne Day Foundation.

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Examples of the differentcolourways for the ‘Magnetic’pattern, digitally reprinted byClassic Textiles in 2003. Courtesy of the Centre forAdvanced Textiles, GlasgowSchool of Art.

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The ‘Magnetic’ pattern, roller-printed cotton, for Heals, 1957.This design retailed for 11s 9d. Collection of H. Kirk Brown IIIand Jill A. Wiltse.

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Overleaf The ‘Poinsettia’ patternscreen-printed cotton for Heals,1966. Image © Victoria & AlbertMuseum, London.

A rare example of the specialand exclusive commissionLucienne Day received in 1963from Shell. The pattern,produced in three colourways,featured vertical bands of colouroverlayed with ‘stylised lettersof the company name ‘Shell’applied using the mono-printingmethod. Lucienne Day alsodesigned carpets for thecompany’s London head -quarters. The lilac and bluecolour way to this textile wasalso used for bedcovers andcurtaining in the bedrooms of aBrighton hotel for theprestigious Shell conference,also in 1963. This importantcommission no doubt cameabout through Robin Day’sconnection with Shell, as heused their revolutionary newplastic polypropylene for hisinnovative design, the ‘Polyprop’chair in 1963.Target Gallery, London.

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