Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

c.1948 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blocked-printed cotton organdie with a design of two-handled vases with flowers. This is a repeating design on a white ground and the vases are interspersed with a twig motif with two leaves. The colours are dark grey, yellow and red. The left hand selvedge remains, the right hand edge is pinked.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Block-printed cotton organdie
Brief description
printed organdie, design of two vases of flowers, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948
Physical description
Blocked-printed cotton organdie with a design of two-handled vases with flowers. This is a repeating design on a white ground and the vases are interspersed with a twig motif with two leaves. The colours are dark grey, yellow and red. The left hand selvedge remains, the right hand edge is pinked.
Dimensions
  • Length: 97cm
  • Width: 45cm
Production
This fabric is thought to have been designed and produced by Footprints under the directorship of Joyce Clissold [1905-1982]; but has not been confirmed.
Collection
Accession number
T.48-2001

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Record createdMay 21, 2002
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