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$2006AT3455-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Lipstick furnishing fabric, by Zandra Rhodes. London, UK, 1968$

2006AT3455-01

Lipstick furnishing fabric, by Zandra Rhodes. London, UK, 1968

2006AN1380-01

Irises by a Stream and Bridge, detail of a Kimono. Japan, 1800-50

2006AN1459-01

Detail of a kimono with pattern depicting a crane, pine trees and clouds. Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 19th century

$2006AM3130-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric with floral and fruit motifs. Brocaded silk damask. France, 18th century$

2006AM3130-01

Dress fabric with floral and fruit motifs. Brocaded silk damask. France, 18th century

$2006AM7057-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric design. France, early 18th century$

2006AM7057-01

Dress fabric design. France, early 18th century

$2006AN1002-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric design, detail. France, early 18th century$

2006AN1002-01

Dress fabric design, detail. France, early 18th century

$2006AV9394-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric design. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century$

2006AV9394-01

Dress fabric design. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century

$2006BD5207-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric. Spitalfields, London, England, early 18th century$

2006BD5207-01

Dress fabric. Spitalfields, London, England, early 18th century

$2006BH5697-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric with deer, trees, house and grapes motifs. England or the Netherlands, mid-18th century$

2006BH5697-01

Dress fabric with deer, trees, house and grapes motifs. England or the Netherlands, mid-18th century

$2011ET0903-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric with rosebuds and exotic blooms. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century$

2011ET0903-01

Dress fabric with rosebuds and exotic blooms. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century

$2011FA8526-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric with flowers. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century$

2011FA8526-01

Dress fabric with flowers. Spitalfields, London, England, mid-18th century

$2012FN9050-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress silk with meanders in white leaves and flowers bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century$

2012FN9050-01

Dress silk with meanders in white leaves and flowers bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century

$2012FN9072-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress silk with meanders of lace alongside flower bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century$

2012FN9072-01

Dress silk with meanders of lace alongside flower bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century

$2012FN9077-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress silk with meanders of white floral lace with bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Lyon, France, late 18th century$

2012FN9077-01

Dress silk with meanders of white floral lace with bouquets, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Lyon, France, late 18th century

$2012FN9377-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Sample of dress silk with scrolling flowers around lace handkerchiefs, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century$

2012FN9377-01

Sample of dress silk with scrolling flowers around lace handkerchiefs, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century

$2012FN9631-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Small squares of samples of dress silk, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century$

2012FN9631-01

Small squares of samples of dress silk, from a travelling salesman's swatch book. Woven silk. Lyon, France, late 18th century

$2006AM3119-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric. Lyons, France, mid-18th century$

2006AM3119-01

Dress fabric. Lyons, France, mid-18th century

$2006AC7173-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric with a design of flowers and lace like vines. England, 18th century$

2006AC7173-01

Dress fabric with a design of flowers and lace like vines. England, 18th century

2006AT4103-01

Kimono, detail. Japan, early 20th century

2006BG2021-01

Striped child's kimono in kasuri style. Japan, 19th-20th century

$2006AT7750-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Haemoglobin fabric, by Bernard Roland. UK, 1951$

2006AT7750-01

Haemoglobin fabric, by Bernard Roland. UK, 1951

$2006AP5746-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Wigwam dress fabric, by Mary Duncan. UK, 1947$

2006AP5746-01

Wigwam dress fabric, by Mary Duncan. UK, 1947

$2010CT5692-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Ramoneur ground dress fabric. Alsace, France, late 18th century$

2010CT5692-01

Ramoneur ground dress fabric. Alsace, France, late 18th century

$2011EW4887-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress fabric, detail, by Calico Printers Association. UK, mid-20th century$

2011EW4887-01

Dress fabric, detail, by Calico Printers Association. UK, mid-20th century

$2006AT4755-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Fragment of damask. China, Ming-Qing Dynasty, 15th-18th century$

2006AT4755-01

Fragment of damask. China, Ming-Qing Dynasty, 15th-18th century

$2006BF4015-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Garment fragment border with a half-stripe and diamond pattern. Peru, early 16th century$

2006BF4015-01

Garment fragment border with a half-stripe and diamond pattern. Peru, early 16th century

$2006BF4016-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Textile fragment with stylish birds. Peru, early 16th century$

2006BF4016-01

Textile fragment with stylish birds. Peru, early 16th century

$2009CT1134-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress with floral and animal design, detail. France, late 18th century$

2009CT1134-01

Dress with floral and animal design, detail. France, late 18th century

$2009CT1137-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Dress with floral and animal design, detail. France, late 18th century$

2009CT1137-01

Dress with floral and animal design, detail. France, late 18th century

2009CT1218-01

Dress with floral and animal design. France, late 18th century

2009CT1247-01

Dress, detail of the fabric. France, late 18th century

$2006BF7634-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Printed dress fabric, by Stehli Silks Corporation. New York, US, early 20th century$

2006BF7634-01

Printed dress fabric, by Stehli Silks Corporation. New York, US, early 20th century

$1000LM1202-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London A design depicting tulips, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century$

1000LM1202-01

A design depicting tulips, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century

$1000LM1203-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Daisy pattern fabric decoration, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century$

1000LM1203-01

Daisy pattern fabric decoration, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century

1000LM1204-01

Flower design pattern, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century

1000LM1207-01

A design to cover a booklet, by Alastair Morton. England, UK, 1947

$1000LM1210-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London An abstract pattern design, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century$

1000LM1210-01

An abstract pattern design, by Joyce Badrocke. England, UK, 20th century

2006AF6611-01

Printed dress fabric, by Calico Printers Association. England, 1937

$2006AF8476-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Leaf Pattern textile, by Lewis Foreman Day. Lancashire, England, 1888$

2006AF8476-01

Leaf Pattern textile, by Lewis Foreman Day. Lancashire, England, 1888

$2006AP6430-01 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Detail from a dress fabric depicting an African tribe, by Julian Trevelyan. London, UK, 1948$

2006AP6430-01

Detail from a dress fabric depicting an African tribe, by Julian Trevelyan. London, UK, 1948