Bourec
Dress Fabric
1950s (made)
1950s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dress fabric sample of printed cotton.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bourec (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Dress fabric 'Bourec' samples of printed cotton, made by Ascher Ltd., Great Britain, 1950s, in six colourways. |
| Physical description | Dress fabric sample of printed cotton. |
| Credit line | Given by Zika Ascher |
| Production | An example of the middle market range launched by Ascher in 1946 and subsequently used for retailer Samuel Sherman's ready-to-wear range of cotton dresses till the late 1970s. Bourec is Czech for silk worm. |
| Bibliographic reference | Konstantina Hlavácková, The Mad Silkman. Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion (Prague: Museum of Deocrative Arts & Slovart Publishing Ltd, 2019), pp. 172-3. The yellow colourway is reproduced here and on p. 168 there is a of the Bourec range. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.170-1988 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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