Festival

Description

Sample of woven women's fashion fabric entitled Festival, double cloth twill fabric, woven in multiply wool slub yarns (face of sample) and polyester and worsted yarns (back of sample), in purple, grey, yellow, green, blue, orange, pink and brown, also known as wool tweed, part of a group of samples compiled by Bernat Klein for his own records: British, Galashiels, Bernat Klein, c. 1963 - 1967

Museum reference

K.2010.94.45.8

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fabric sample, Pattern book page

Production information

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014, Designer
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Bernat Klein Ltd, 1962 - 1993, Manufacturer of samples
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Bernat Klein Design Consultants Ltd, 1966 - 1973, Manufacturer of samples
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Mid 1960s

Materials

Wool, Polyester, Worsted

Physical description

Sample of woven women's fashion fabric entitled Festival, double cloth twill fabric, woven in multiply wool slub yarns (face of sample) and polyester and worsted yarns (back of sample), in purple, grey, yellow, green, blue, orange, pink and brown, also known as wool tweed, part of a group of samples compiled by Bernat Klein for his own records: British, Galashiels, Bernat Klein, c. 1963 - 1967

Associations

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014

Exhibitions

• Fashion and Style (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Klein, Bernat and Jackson, Lesley, 'Bernat Klein, Textile Designer, Artist, Colourist', Bernat Klein Trust, 2005, p36

On display

national museum of scotland »
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art, design and fashion, fashion and style