Dress Fabric
1937 (made)
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This crepe dress fabric is printed with a repeat of flowers and stems in brown, white, green and red, 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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| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed crêpe |
| Brief description | Printed cotton crepe dress fabric, Calico Printers' Association, Manchester, 1937. |
| Physical description | Printed cotton crepe printed with a repeat of blossom clusters in white, gold and black. Registered number: 372785 |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Manchester Design Registry |
| Summary | This crepe dress fabric is printed with a repeat of flowers and stems in brown, white, green and red, 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 | Webb & Bower / Michael Joseph, Thirties Floral Fabrics, V&A Colour Books
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| Accession number | T.79-1979 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2004 |
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