An absolute treasure trove of 1950’s design, these textiles have seen many lifetimes !
I purchased the origional textile last year from a textile society event, at that point she was a curtain, beautiful hand pieced diamonds that had been placed together with such precision that still alowed such a beautiful drape.
Since then I have added a cotton wadding and quilted the piece to provide stability and warmth in its latest incarnation.
The piece is made up of various iconic prints of the 1950’s. We can see classic story book prints such as the gnomes with toadsytools which would have most likely initially been used as nursery curtains or pjamas.
We can see prints designed for the very first teenagers, 1950’s rock and roll inspited prints, with stylized musical notes and fun conversational prints such as bananas and foreign travel.
Abstract prints with starburts or “atomic era” prints which were popular at the time inspired by space age facination and a cultural push to modernise domestic life.
Such a fun, beautiful piece of history.
Teal mongolian wool detachable collar to finish.
Dual sized for future proofing, to best fit a UK 8-22
Width 148cm
length 67cm
Armhole 52cm
An absolute treasure trove of 1950’s design, these textiles have seen many lifetimes !
I purchased the origional textile last year from a textile society event, at that point she was a curtain, beautiful hand pieced diamonds that had been placed together with such precision that still alowed such a beautiful drape.
Since then I have added a cotton wadding and quilted the piece to provide stability and warmth in its latest incarnation.
The piece is made up of various iconic prints of the 1950’s. We can see classic story book prints such as the gnomes with toadsytools which would have most likely initially been used as nursery curtains or pjamas.
We can see prints designed for the very first teenagers, 1950’s rock and roll inspited prints, with stylized musical notes and fun conversational prints such as bananas and foreign travel.
Abstract prints with starburts or “atomic era” prints which were popular at the time inspired by space age facination and a cultural push to modernise domestic life.
Such a fun, beautiful piece of history.
Teal mongolian wool detachable collar to finish.
Dual sized for future proofing, to best fit a UK 8-22
Width 148cm
length 67cm
Armhole 52cm
