Chuck Berry
Dress Fabric
1974 (made)
1974 (made)
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Screen-printed dress fabric celebrating the famed Rhythm 'n' Blues musician Chuck Berry. The pattern consists of reproductions of photographs of Chuck Berry, holding a guitar with facsimiles of his signature and his sheet music in the background.
Object details
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| Title | Chuck Berry (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed cotton satin |
| Brief description | Dress fabric 'Chuck Berry' of screen-printed cotton satin, designed by Christopher Snow, made by Slick Brands (Clothing) Ltd., Great Britain, 1974 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of screen-printed cotton satin with orange, blue, green, red and black photographic images of rhythm-and-blues pop singer and songwriter Chuck Berry, his autograph, and piano and vocal sheet music scores of his songs on a pink ground. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Christopher Snow, Esq. |
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| Summary | Screen-printed dress fabric celebrating the famed Rhythm 'n' Blues musician Chuck Berry. The pattern consists of reproductions of photographs of Chuck Berry, holding a guitar with facsimiles of his signature and his sheet music in the background. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.443-1974 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2008 |
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