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Cherry Orchard

Dress Fabric
1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cresta Silks Ltd (Manufactured by)
Nash, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Dress fabric of screen-printed silk. A total of five colours, dark brown ground.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Object type
Dress fabric
TitleCherry Orchard
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed silk Crêpe de Chine
Silk
Weaving
Brief description
Dress fabric 'Cherry Orchard' of printed silk, designed by Paul Nash for Cresta Silks Ltd., Great Britain, 1932
Physical description
Dress fabric of screen-printed silk. A total of five colours, dark brown ground.
Dimensions
  • Width: 44.5cm
  • Length: 23.5cm
  • Pattern repeat width: 30cm (Note: Sample not large enough to record vertical pattern repeat. )
Credit line
Given by the Paul Nash Trust
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.465-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O267622/cherry-orchard-dress-fabric-nash-paul/
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