Siva silk-screened art print fabric by Södahl of Denmark, unused, 1960s/70s

This vividly colourful geometric design fabric dates from the late 1960s to early 1970s, and its selvedge reveals that it was created by Sodahl Design A/S, the Danish textiles company founded in 1963 by artist and designer Hans-Jürgen Schöbel as a vehicle for his own artworks. Entitled Siva, the textile has been silkscreen-printed in intense shades of orange and brown on an unbleached natural cotton background. There are three small areas of imperfect ink coverage in the dark brown, a production flaw not uncommon in silkscreened textiles (see close-up image). The fabric measures 99 x 132cm and remains in crisp, as-new condition, and would make a striking artwork if framed or mounted on a stretcher.