V&A Pattern: Novelty Patterns: (Hardcover with CD) - Hardcover

Mendes, Valerie D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851775897 ISBN 13: 9781851775897

Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010

Synopsis

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world’s greatest museum of art and design, with a vast collection that been an unparalleled resource for designers for 150 years. This new series of pattern books presents the range of the V&A’s superb collections. Beautifully designed, accessible, and informative– perhaps a little quirky – they are a repository of ideas for designers of all kinds, but also a collection of desirable gift books. Included in each volume is a CD of all the images shown within--to be redrawn, reworked, or even licensed for further use.  The books are available individually or in a beautiful decorative slipcase.  Novelty Patterns showcases the innovative and fanciful decoration employed for lightweight fabrics made between the early 1920s and the late 1940s. Approximately 60 color illustrations show off the varied witty and attractive patterns.

About this title

About the Author:

Valerie D. Mendes is a fashion and textiles historian who became Chief Curator of the former Textiles and Dress Department at the V&A. Previous publications include Black in Fashion, 20th Century Fashion in Detail, and Lucile Ltd.

About this edition

• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1851775897
• ISBN 13: 9781851775897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80