Copper Beech

Description

Sample of woven women's fashion fabric entitled Copper Beech, double cloth twill fabric, woven in space-dyed brushed mohair and wool (face of sample) and polyester and worsted yarns (back of sample), in orange, light and dark brown and red, also known as mohair tweed, part of a group of samples compiled by Bernat Klein for his own records: British, Galashiels, Bernat Klein, c. 1960 - 1964

Museum reference

K.2010.94.45.11

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fabric sample, Pattern book page

Production information

Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014, Designer
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Colourcraft, Manufacturer of samples
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Bernat Klein Ltd, 1962 - 1993, Manufacturer of samples
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Early 1960s

Materials

Mohair, Wool, Polyester

Physical description

Sample of woven women's fashion fabric entitled Copper Beech, double cloth twill fabric, woven in space-dyed brushed mohair and wool (face of sample) and polyester and worsted yarns (back of sample), in orange, light and dark brown and red, also known as mohair tweed, part of a group of samples compiled by Bernat Klein for his own records: British, Galashiels, Bernat Klein, 1962 - 1964

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, p26

Klein, Bernat, 'Eye for Colour', Bernat Klein Scotland with Collins, London, 1965, p132

On display

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