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Dress fabric

Dress fabric

  • Place of origin:

    Lyon, France (made)

  • Date:

    1936 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Bianchini Férié (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed silk satin

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the Manchester Design Registry

  • Museum number:

    T.419-1980

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Floral printed fabrics held a prominent place in fashionable women's wear in the 1930s. Detailed, naturalistic representations were less favoured than flowers drawn with a freedom of line and form closely allied to contemporary movements in the fine and graphic arts.

Physical description

Dress fabric of silk satin printed with a repeat of tulips, in pink, yellow and blue, on a black background.

Place of Origin

Lyon, France (made)

Date

1936 (made)

Artist/maker

Bianchini Férié (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Printed silk satin

Descriptive line

Dress fabric of silk satin, made by Bianchini Férié, Lyon, 1936

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Webb & Bower / Michael Joseph, Thirties Floral Fabrics, V&A Colour Books

Materials

Silk satin

Techniques

Printed

Categories

Textiles; Clothing; Fashion

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O89426
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