Designs for British Dress and Furnishing Fabrics:

18th Century to the Present

Victoria and Albert Museum – publisher.

1986 – First edition

Foreword by Sir Roy Strong, (now 90 years old!)

Introduction by John Murdoch – January 1986

Brilliant, stylish booklet to coincide with an exhibition. Now a very scarce design masterpiece.

SECTIONS

18thCentury Textile Design – Charles Newton & Hilary Young

1800 to Present – Charles Newton & Hilary Young

Textile Techniques – Natalie Rothstein

Designs for British Dress and Furnishing Fabrics – The Catalogue (84 items)

Select Bibliography

Catalogue entries for designers include:

Claude Lovat Fraser, Edward McKnight Kauffer, Spitalfields Silk, Joseph Dandridge, Talwin & Foster, John Bury, Joseph Neil Paton, Augustus Pugin, William Morris, Lewis Foreman Day, Walter Crane, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jessie Marion King, Pat Albeck, Georgina von Etzdorf. Fascinating insights.

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CONDITION and details

Good clean and tidy booklet. 51 pages. Published by the V&A. Cover illustration in colour - Cat no 79 – Alister Maynard. The item has been very well cared for – THANKS for viewing. Excellent information - please bid with confidence.