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Textile Sample

29/10/1914 (design registered)
Artist/Maker
Blakeley & Beving Ltd (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Manchester

Textile sample, cotton dress fabric printed with a batik-style print of yellow squares and stylised white leaved branches on a dark blue ground, for the export market, Blakely & Beving, Manchester, 1914


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Textile sample
Materials and techniques
Cotton (Textile)
Printing
Brief description
Textile sample, cotton dress fabric printed with a batik-style print of yellow squares and stylised white leaved branches on a dark blue ground, for the export market, Blakely & Beving, Manchester, 1914
Credit line
Given by the Public Record Office
Object history
This numbered fabric sample comes from a large group of designs that were registered individually by manufacturers between 1914 and 1946 at the Manchester Design Registry. The collection was given to the V&A by the Public Record Office in 1960 after the closure of the Manchester Design Registry. Samples have been formally accessioned by the V&A gradually since 1966. The remaining textiles were formally acquired in 2021. The Manchester Design Registry textiles are duplicates of samples held in the Board of Trade Design Register at The National Archives, and by consulting the registration details there, it has been possible to date and identify the manufacturers of these designs.
Bibliographic reference
Board of Trade Design Register: BT53/112
Other number
116453 - patent number
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.140-2021

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Record createdAugust 20, 2021
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1653357/textile-sample-blakeley--beving/
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