Lucienne Day Chevron 1968 Heal Fabrics Textile Wall Art – Mid Century Modern Framed Panel

Lucienne Day — Chevron, 1968. Original screen-printed furnishing fabric for Heal Fabrics Ltd, London. Selvedge reads: "Heals — Chevron by Lucienne Day." This design won the Design Centre Award from the Council of Industrial Design in 1968 — one of only three such awards Lucienne Day received across her entire career. It is held in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Professionally stretched over a new wooden frame. 113 cm × 102 cm. Excellent vintage condition.

Won the Design Centre Award. In the V&A. Designed for grand spaces.

Lucienne Day conceived Chevron with a specific ambition: "I set out to create a large architectural design with a different direction from the small horizontal or vertical repeat, hence the bold diagonal bars. I visualise it being used not only in large public settings but also in grand private settings." At 113 × 102 cm, this piece fulfils exactly that vision.

Lucienne Day and Heal Fabrics

Lucienne Day (1917–2010) studied printed textiles at the Royal College of Art, London, and went on to become Britain's most distinguished textile designer of the twentieth century. Her 25-year partnership with Heal Fabrics — from Fluellin in 1950 to her final commission in 1974 — produced more than seventy designs that defined the look of post-war British interiors. She was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1962, was the first woman to serve as Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (1987–89), and was awarded the OBE in 2004. Her work is held in the collections of the V&A, the Whitworth, and museums worldwide.

Chevron

Designed in 1968 at the height of the Op Art movement, Chevron is one of Day's most architecturally ambitious furnishing fabrics — a bold composition of diagonal bars in teal, olive green, lime, blue-grey and white, printed across a wide repeat that demands a large wall. The composition is split: broad, bold teal and white diagonals on one half; a richer, more complex sequence of olive, lime, grey and blue on the other. The effect is dynamic, restless, and wholly of its moment — yet the colours have a depth and sophistication that feels entirely at home in a contemporary interior.

This piece has been handcrafted using rare, original vintage Heal Fabrics cloth, professionally stretched over a newly constructed wooden frame — transforming a collectible furnishing fabric into a gallery-quality textile artwork. The colours remain rich, vibrant, and beautifully preserved.

Specifications

Condition

Excellent vintage condition. Colours remain rich and vibrant. As with all genuine vintage textiles, minor age-related characteristics may be present — entirely consistent with a piece of this age and wholly in keeping with its authentic vintage character.

Britain's greatest post-war textile designer. An award-winning design. In the V&A collection. And now available for your wall.

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