Rare Commissioned Lacquered Screen or Panelling Originally from Biba

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A rare commissioned lacquered screen or panelling originally the famous 1960s shop Biba originally started by Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. Hulanicki worked as a fashion illustrator after studying at Brighton Art College in the late 1950s. She married advertising executive Stephen Fitz-Simon and they soon opened a mail order clothing company that she named Biba's Postal Boutique. Biba was the nickname of her younger sister Biruta. The first store, in Abingdon Road in Kensington, was opened in September 1964. The screen comes in five parts, three centre sections which are flat and are butted together as shown in the main image. The two end sections which are a 'U' shape, one of the images shows the back of one of the two U shaped ends. Each panel from left to right measures : H 91", W29.5", D 6". H 96", W 30 1/2", D 1". H 96", W 30 1/2", D 1". H 96", W 30 1/2", D 1". H 91", W29.5", D 6". Overall measurements are : Height 96", Width 150 1/2", Depth 1" in the centre three panels and 6" at each end.

Year of manufacture
1965
Period
Mid-Century Modern

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