Tag: 1940’s / 1950’s
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Artist Textiles.
The early 20th century saw the rise of artists having their designs printed on fabric to be used in the house or as pieces of clothing. This meant that their art was accessible to the masses rather than being owned by galleries or the very rich. After the war a movement called ‘a masterpiece in…
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20th Century Rayon Dress Making Fabric
Considered the oldest manufactured fabric, rayon is made from cellulose ( often wood pulp), and thought of as semi-synthetic. There are several different ways of processing the cellulose each producing slightly different fabrics such as viscose, modal, lyocell and tencel. Known as artificial silk when it was first introduced in the late 1800’s early 19o0’s, it…
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Bernard Wardle Fabric Design
The company Bernard Wardle started in the 1930’s and by the late 40’s were producing a wonderful variety of designs in cotton chintz and hand & roller printed linen for interiors from their base in Stockport, Cheshire. Above picture shows the bee logo on the selvedge of a piece of 1930’s /40’s linen. ‘french garden’ an early…
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Vintage Jonelle Fabric from John Lewis
The first John Lewis store was opened in London in 1864. An up market store originally selling textiles and fabric, later selling a wide variety of items for the home. They introduced the Jonelle fabric range in 1937, since 2000 the name was dropped in favour of John Lewis. From the late 1940’s onwards they…
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What People Make with the Fabric I Sell – Sunbeam Jackie Parasols
Sunbeam Jackie from Cornwall make the most beautiful luxury handcrafted parasols. They used a wide range of vintage fabrics, dating from the 1920’s, a small amount of which they buy from us. Their latest collection includes one called ‘petunia’ using a Sanderson print ‘petunia trellis from the 1970’s and one of my favourites ‘the island’…
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My Vintage Fabric Stash
Bundles of fabric from my collection.This one include several spotted fabrics, the green in silk, the navy rayon and the bottom one cotton. 1940’s fabrics inc early Liberty silk and 50’s crepe.  The one below has some lovely pieces of 1940’s rayon and cotton, French toile and old Liberty checked silk.  This pile…
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What people make with the fabric I sell.. Vintage Clothing by Vincent and Valerie
Take a look at the clothes by Vincent and Valerie, who produce made to order & bespoke clothing. They have a great facebook page, showing the items they make, patterns plus photos and links from 1940’s and 1950’s. Unique wearable items are made using vintage fabric and patterns, These purple pyjamas were made from 1960’s…
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What People make with the fabric I sell – Vintage-Patch on Facebook
I first discovered Vintage-Patch through my business facebook page. It was suggested that I use facebook as a way of showing more people the fabric I had available. I have found it a great way to meet like minded people who are also spreading the word about their crafts or products. Vintage-Patch was one such interesting company,…
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