Dress Fabric
1930 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This cotton voile dress fabric is printed with a repeat of flowers, stems and leaves in pink, grey and ochre, on a black background. Floral printed fabrics held a prominent place in every smart woman's wardrobe in the 1930s. Motifs floating on a plain ground worked admirably; navy, black and brown background colours were perennially in vogue. The use of floral decoration on cloth was hardly new but the flowers of the 1930s blossomed with fresh life and vigour. Detailed, naturalistic representations in the traditional manner were replaced with a freedom of line and form closely allied to contemporary movements in the fine and graphic arts.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed cotton voile |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of screen-printed cotton voile, made by Calico Printers' Association, England, 1930 |
| Physical description | Cotton voile screen-printed with a repeat of flowers, steams and leaves in pink, grey and ochre on a black background. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Manchester Design Registry |
| Object history | Registered File number 1974/3231. Registration number 291640. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This cotton voile dress fabric is printed with a repeat of flowers, stems and leaves in pink, grey and ochre, on a black background. Floral printed fabrics held a prominent place in every smart woman's wardrobe in the 1930s. Motifs floating on a plain ground worked admirably; navy, black and brown background colours were perennially in vogue. The use of floral decoration on cloth was hardly new but the flowers of the 1930s blossomed with fresh life and vigour. Detailed, naturalistic representations in the traditional manner were replaced with a freedom of line and form closely allied to contemporary movements in the fine and graphic arts. |
| Bibliographic reference | Thirties Floral Fabrics. Series 3 (The Victoria & Albert colour books). London : Michael Joseph, published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.232-1987 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2004 |
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