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Dress Fabric

1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric in printed cotton crêpe in a floral pattern. Registered number: 382273.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton crêpe
Brief description
Dress fabric of printed crêpe, Liberty & Co, Great Britain, 1938.
Physical description
Dress fabric in printed cotton crêpe in a floral pattern. Registered number: 382273.
Credit line
Given by the Manchester Design Registry
Object history
This cotton furnishing fabric was designed and manufactured for Liberty & Co., London. Liberty had most of their fabrics printed by outside firms, including G. P. & J. Baker, Alexander Morton and Turnbull & Stockdale. The fabrics were then sold in the London store as Liberty fabrics, without mention of the designer or manufacturer.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.113-1979

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
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