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Dress Fabric

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

Printed cotton with a large-scale design of a female profile in Picasso style. This is surrounded by bay branches with dividing stripes.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Dress Fabric
  • Dress Fabric
  • Dress Fabric
Materials and techniques
printed cotton
Brief description
Dress fabric, sample, printed cotton, Classical Heads, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948

sample, printed cotton, Classical Heads, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948

sample, printed cotton, Classical Heads, possibly Footprints, British, c.1948
Physical description
Printed cotton with a large-scale design of a female profile in Picasso style. This is surrounded by bay branches with dividing stripes.
Production
This fabric is thought to have been designed and produced by Footprints under the directorship of Joyce Clissold [1905-1982], but this has not been confirmed.

Attribution note: A piece of paper, now detached and on the RF, says '27. Classical Heads available on 36" cotton, 36" rayon, 36" linen'.
Collection
Accession number
T.52:3-2001

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Record createdMay 21, 2002
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