Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953) Mixed Media Fabric Designs on Paper, comprising a design of single pink rose heads with leaves to the stem on a cream ground paper, '52409' in blue crayon to the reverse, rolled, 77cm by 65cm
scrolling heads in grey, pale pink, blue and green on contorted stems, on bronzed ground, '52614' in pencil to the reverse, rolled, 43cm by 60cm
sheet with four printed blue rose heads with skeleton leaves, on cream ground paper, '59238' in blue crayon to the reverse, rolled, 59cm by 53cm
sheet worked mainly on a black ground printed with groups of three rose flower heads in blue and pink, or single stems with foliage, '52741' in blue crayon to the reverse, rolled, 81cm by 69cm
a more stylised design with plum coloured flower heads of varying shapes against a blue and black ground, with green leaves and pink veins, '51222' in blue crayon to the reverse, rolled, 58cm by 82cm
smaller design of pink single rose heads with leaves, 26cm by 36cm, '51400' in pencil to the reverse, rolled, 26cm by 36cm
another of pink roses on a black trellis ground, '52615' in pencil to the reverse, rolled, 39cm by 59cm
another of pink single stem roses, coloured butterflies and leaves on a black tiny hexagonal ground, '52457' in blue crayon to the reverse, rolled, 69cm by 60cm
another with pink single stem roses individually with a blue striped background and green and red leaves, '52616' in pencil to the reverse, 50cm by 57cm
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The silk weaving house of Bianchini-Férier was founded in Lyon on 23rd July 1888 by Francois Atuyer, Charles Bianchini and François Férier. In 1912 Bianchini gave the artist Raoul Dufy a contract to design textiles for the company, which lasted until about 1928. Dufy produced 4,000 designs for the company and was involved with the whole process of the design from the initial sketches to the chosen fabric.

Sale, Christie's South Kensington, Two Centuries of Design: The Bianchini Ferier Collection, 25-27 July 2001