Hull Traders, Ltd.

Nearly a decade of postwar change in art, architecture and design preceded the formation of influential textile firm Hull Traders in 1957. Traditional floral textiles, long popular in the United Kingdom and abroad, were joined by fabrics more modern in style. Designs for textiles and wallpapers began to follow artistic trends with flat, repeating patterns echoing the art of Paul Klee, Alexander Calder and Joan Miró. [1] In 1951, Heal Fabrics released Calyx, Lucienne Day’s groundbreaking textile with abstracted botanical forms that also seemed to echo the mobile designs of Alexander Calder. [2] By the mid-1950s, modern design was widely accepted by the British public, and more importantly, design education... more.