Chuck Berry

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Artist/Maker	Slick Brands (Clothing) Ltd. (manufacturer) Christopher Snow (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

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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Categories	Textiles Fashion Clothing
Object type	Dress fabric
Title	Chuck Berry (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed cotton satin Cotton Screen Printing
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.
Dimensions	Width: 92cm Length: 285cm
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration Transliteration
Credit line	Given by Christopher Snow, Esq.
Subjects depicted	Sheet Music Berry, Chuck
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.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.443-1974

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Record created	January 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O143610/chuck-berry-dress-fabric-christopher-snow/

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