My Baby Loves The Western Movies

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Artist/Maker	Wonder Workshop (maker) John Dove (designer) Molly White (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton calico. Printed with a sepia-toned photo-montage of actors and scenes from Hollywood Western movies, and over-printed at intervals with a repeating colour design of cowboys, horses and the words "MY BABY LOVES THE WESTERN MOVIES". Printed in grey, orange, yellow, blue and black.

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Categories	Textiles Interiors
Object type	Furnishing fabric
Title	My Baby Loves The Western Movies (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed cotton calico Calico Screen-Printing Printing
Brief description	Furnishing fabric 'My Baby Loves The Western Movies' of screen-printed cotton calico, designed by John Dove and Molly White, made by Wonder Workshop, England, 1974
Physical description	Furnishing fabric of screen-printed cotton calico. Printed with a sepia-toned photo-montage of actors and scenes from Hollywood Western movies, and over-printed at intervals with a repeating colour design of cowboys, horses and the words "MY BABY LOVES THE WESTERN MOVIES". Printed in grey, orange, yellow, blue and black.
Dimensions	Length: 332cm Width: 94.5cm Repeat length: 53cm Diameter: 86mm
Marks and inscriptions	'MY BABY LOVES / THE / WESTERN / MOVIES' (Printed, text is part of repeating colour design.)
Subjects depicted	Cowboys Horses Photographs People
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	CIRC.441-1974

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Record created	January 25, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O144042/my-baby-loves-the-western-furnishing-fabric-john-dove/

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