Ben Nicholson printed fabric

A very rare length of vintage thin cotton fabric printed with an original lino print block by Ben Nicholson. The design is called Princess and features in the collections at Kettle's Yard and the V&A.
Date: unkown (est 1950-1970)
Size: L162 cm x W85.7 cm
Condition: Sold in poor condition with many areas of staining but plenty of good areas, please study the photos carefully.
Shipping: Special delivery in the UK, tracked everywhere else.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not have provenance for this piece but believe it to be printed from the original block designed by Ben Nicholson.

Nicholson began to make hand-printed textiles for his own use. Later he welcomed their saleability, as it helped relieve his poor finances. In the 1930s he created several different designs, sometimes in collaboration with his wife Barbara Hepworth. The prints were made using blocks of linoleum.
In the late 1940s Nicholson gave many of the blocks to his sister Nancy, who used them to print editions which she sold, alongside her own textiles, at Poulk Press, in London.