Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

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

Block-printed linen; a lengthwise strip showing linear repeating motifs of a stylised cactus-type tree in pots divided by a serated blue line.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Block-printed linen
Brief description
block printed linen in blue and red, trees in pots, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948
Physical description
Block-printed linen; a lengthwise strip showing linear repeating motifs of a stylised cactus-type tree in pots divided by a serated blue line.
Dimensions
  • Length: 66cm
  • Width: 25cm
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.49-2001

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Record createdMay 21, 2002
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