This jacket appeared in the Autumn/Winter 1991-1992 Collection by French designer Christian Lacroix. The design has modernised the traditional tartan pattern, using embellishments like sequins and rhinestones to emphasise the pattern. The key features are the intricately embellished pockets with beads and sequins applied to follow the pattern of the underlying check. This embellishment was […]
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A millennium ‘guaranteed wax’ calendar for the year 2000 from the ABC Wax company, which has links to Greater Manchester to this day. The company began with a printworks which opened in Hyde in the early 19th century. In 1908 they began to produce the exact kind of fabric we see here – imitation batik […]
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This fabric was designed and manufactured in Lancashire using industrial printing processes to closely imitate the effect of traditional, hand worked batik or wax resist dyeing so that it could be sold on the African export market. This example is particularly interesting as it was manufactured to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II […]
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This commercial sample was designed and manufactured in Lancashire using industrial printing processes to closely imitate the effect of a traditional, hand worked batik or wax resist dyeing. It was produced by the Manchester based firm Edwards, Cunliffe & Co Ltd c.1950-60 and was intended for the African export market. A manufacturer’s label still attached […]
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This cloth was manufactured in Manchester for export to African markets. Depicted in the design is Moïse Tshombe, a Congolese businessman and politician who became president of the Secessionist state of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and then Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1964 to 1965. The style of the design […]
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