Tag: heals

• More Vintage Barkcloth Fabric

  About 4 years ago I began making a record of the vintage barkcloth fabric I have collected. I am adding to it constantly, so here are some more. Cotton barkcloth fabric was very popular in the 1950’s and 60’s often produced in iconic prints by well known designers of the era such as Eames, Panton…

  Vintage Fabric

  June 28, 2018

  1940’s / 1950’s, 1960’s / 1970’s, fabric types

  1950’s, 1960’s, barkcloth, cotton, fabric, french, heals, urge paris, vintage fabric

• Indian Influence in 1960’s Fabric Design

  

  In the late 1960s and early 70s there was a great fascination for Eastern cultures. The Beatles especially were very interested in Indian music and were influential in spreading the word widely. Music, art and fabric designed for clothing and interiors all showed this trend. It was a fashionable, especially with the hippy movement to…

  Vintage Fabric

  June 14, 2017

  1960’s / 1970’s, Designers

  #design, fashion, heals, india, interiors, jyoti bhomik, zandra rhodes

• Barkcloth, Birds and Cherry Trees

  A sunny April morning in our Gloucestershire orchard. The bird cherry is full of blossom and the birds are singing, you can pick out a chiff chaff amongst others in the video below. YOUTUBE VIDEO The fabric on the washing line is mid century barkcloth cotton, the two on the right are Heal’s ‘cherry orchard’ ( appropriately)…

  Vintage Fabric

  June 13, 2017

  1960’s / 1970’s, Designers, fabric types

  #design, barkcloth, cherry orchard, gloucestershire, heals, spring, vintage fabric

• Vintage Curtain Finds from 2015

  I have been looking back over the last year at the vintage curtains I have found.  Most of my treasure was from junk shops, charity shops and flea markets though some from people who got in touch via the internet. I have bought 1960’s barkcloth curtains by Heals and wonderful designers such as Collier Campbell. Heal’s barkcloth curtains ‘garland’ by…

  Vintage Fabric

  January 13, 2016

  1940’s / 1950’s, 1960’s / 1970’s, markets

  1940’s / 1950’s, 1960’s, barkcloth, collier campbell, curtains, fabric, flea market, heals, ikea, vintage fabric

• Collier Campbell Designs

  On my treasure hunts for vintage fabrics, among my very favourite finds are the vibrant and colourful designs by Collier Campbell who I have admired for many years. The working design partnership of sisters Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell started in the 1960’s producing work for Liberty, Heals, Habitat and many others. They founded their company together in 1979/80. Their…

  Vintage Fabric

  March 16, 2015

  1960’s / 1970’s, Designers

  1960’s, 1970’s, bauhaus, collier campbell, cotton, heals, liberty

• Vintage Heals Fabric from Winchester

  We called in at Winchester on the way home from a short holiday by the sea recently. What an interesting place with some beautiful buildings and a long history,  ….. As always we searched the local shops for vintage fabric and came across ‘Winchester antiques centre’ in one of the back streets. We found treasure…

  Vintage Fabric

  March 11, 2014

  1940’s / 1950’s, markets

  1950’s, antiques centre, cotton, heals, market, peter hall, vintage fabric, Winchester

• For the love of Barkcloth..

  Cotton barkcloth fabric was very popular in the 1950’s and 60’s often produced in iconic prints by well known designers of the era such as Eames, Panton and Barbara brown. The fabric used for interiors work has a textured finish with a rough feel like the bark of a tree. Hard wearing and versatile and…

  Vintage Fabric

  January 26, 2014

  1940’s / 1950’s, 1960’s / 1970’s

  1940’s / 1950’s, 1960’s, barbara brown, barkcloth, cotton, eames, fabric, heals, lucienne day, nicola wood, vintage fabric