{ Mobiles } Because I haven’t been sufficiently jealous of UK people in the last few days, along comes Sanderson and their new Fifties collection, which includes archival prints as well as 1950s-inspired prints by contemporary designers. Check out the interior shots on their website to get a much better idea of the scale and [...]
{ Designs by Lucienne Day. L-R: Graphica, Riga, Spectators, Trio. } The Centre for Advanced Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art offers a commercial digital textile printing service, and, under the name Classic Textiles, reproduces designs from some of the U.K.’s most prominent and influential textile designers. Lucienne Day herself selected the 12 designs [...]
Most people know Darlene Zimmerman from her enormously popular, feedsack-inspired collections for Robert Kaufman, but this tour de force (and very lovely lady) also happens to be a designer of patterns and quilting tools, a published textile historian, an in-demand leader of quilting workshops, and a very accomplished quilter. We are grateful that she found [...]
Ummm, WOW, right? This vintage peacock themed chenille bedspread (c.1950s-60s) was sold by Atomic Space Junk. See more examples of crazy insane chenille peacock bedspreads here on eBay.
We’ll wrap up the tribute to Horrockses Fashions today with three green dresses featured in the book. The signature Horrockses’ look was a full-skirted dress with simple but interesting bodices in fabulous cotton prints. Image credits: Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, by Norwyn Ltd. (top); collection of Christine Boydell, photograph by Nigel Essex (middle); [...]
Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the ’40s and ’50s by Christine Boydell V&A Publishing, 2010 The Horrockses Fashions label grew from the fabric company Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. in early-to-mid-20th century Britain. They helped pioneer ready-to-wear, mass-produced fashion, and helped establish the popularity of cotton as a fashion fabric. V&A Publishing (distributed by Abrams in [...]
Again, these could be feathers, could be leaves … but if they are leaves they are feathery leaves. Circa 1950s, from Pindot.net (in the gray/purple section).
These might be leaves, not feathers, but I love it so here it is! This piece is from the fabric of my life (shop) on Flickr.
Cycling fabric from the 1950s collection of The Fabric of My Life (Donna Flower) on Flickr.
Just about every medallion print so far has been very regimented and symmetrical, so I was delighted to come across this beatnik midcentury mod take on the theme. It’s called Moderne from the company Crestloom, and it’s for sale from Urban Burp (who has a new shopping cart feature on their website — fabulous!). Not [...]
This is the most retro-video-game-like of them all. Again, from Antiquefabric.com (they must have a special place in their hearts for this style). One yard of 35″ wide fabric, c.1950s, $16.
1950s Funky Bow border print cotton fabric, 88cm (34″) wide, £12.00 per half meter, from Donna Flower.
Of course before computers most fabric designs were derived from paintings, but only some purposefully preserved the brushstrokes. I’m crazy for the c.50s dress fabric florals especially — this one is from Sarodeo on Flickr.
I’ve never seen a print like this — like a ceiling fan viewed from below. One yard of Blue Leaves and Calico, c.1950s, available from Antique Fabric.
The atomic 50s design era sure liked leaves. Leafy is from iheartlinen (aka Rashida)’s stash on Flickr.
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