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AsanAustrian-born

Swedishcitizenwhoended

upinAmerica,it’shardly

surprisingthatJosefFrank

drewinspirationfrom

aroundtheworld.‘Manyof

Frank’sdesignswerean

imaginedtravelogue,’muses

DennisNothdru, a curator

atLondon’sFashionand

TextileMuseum.‘Frank

hada feelingofHawaiias

somewhereexoticand

colourful,andtheprintis

scaledupina waythat

feelsextraordinarily

contemporary,’heexplains.

WhileFrankwaslivingin

Manhaanbutworkingfor

hislong-termcollaborator

SvensktTenninSweden,

hebecamedrawntoa

collectionofIndianTree

ofLifemotifsatThe

MetropolitanMuseumof

Art.Youcanclearlysee

inuencesfromthesesacred

motifsintheinterlocking

stemsandbroadleavesof

Frank’s Hawai design.

JosefFranktookdesign

notesfromtheancient

Treeof Lifedesignsforhis

famousHawaifabric.It is

stillavailabletodayfrom

SvensktTennandcosts

180 per m.

114 Homes & Antiques August 2019