2.3YDS Epitome of South Beach Mid Century 1950 Deco Vintage Atomic Fabric Yardage

I always felt that as I walked through Miami Beach hotels in the late 80's...that they spoke of generations and decades of trends...hotels often closed and boarded up with all the furnishings still inside...left in place which was exciting...it was a textile history book in visual form...you could see all the period textiles mixed in over the decades from the 20's and 30's to the 40's, 50's and even 60's...so it was quite common to have flamboyant draperies from the 30's still in place...right beside headboards and upholstered chairs in completely contemporary atomic boomerang prints from the 50's...and together they looked like a marriage made in heaven...but it was unintentional...quite possibly because of frugality of the times...the draperies didn't get the wear a headboard and chairs would have...so when I set out in 2006 to do my "Tropical at Heart" line of pillows that took South Beach by storm...I did them inspired by what I saw in the old hotels...the front side of a pillow often a crazy wonderful flamboyant 30's tropical...and the back side a mid century modern 50's atomic boomerang...the 50's brought such a innovative spirit to South Beach...infused with the streamline modern ideas of of the Art Deco era...the architecture of waves in the stucco on the hotel fronts...synonymous with South Beach's Art Deco renaissance...small port hole windows and circular rounded movement in the walls...by all accounts the 50's mid century atomic boomerangs were made for South Beach...and at the very least have become part of the story I've relayed from the images held captive in my mind...

This offering is for 2.3YDS x 49 inches wide of fabulous unused unwashed barkcloth from the 50's. With all the colors of Miami Beach from the 50's...for me I liken it to the old wooden cabanas that were always painted the best pastel colors that are exactly what people have come to expect from Miami Beach...this wonderful highly textured document is the heaviest of the textured cotton barkcloths...never ever used and stored for the last 70+ years since it first made its debut...released at a time in America when people were excited about the progress the country was making...the space program and scientific discovery...and designers were right there to offer decorative reflections of that excitement...in cotton form...creating a movement of mid century modernism that was sweeping the minds and hearts of Americans...a movement and revolution of minds that even today has taken hold...crossing all generational gaps...inspiring the young contemporaries...the old souls...the kindred spirits with an appreciation for the hand crafted treasures of their lineage...Miami Beach cabana colors...a very fabulous turquoise blue green...the color they used to paint the inside of the pools to give that uber Caribbean edge...flamingo pink...chartreuse lime...minty blue green hombre...metallic liquid gold which is fantastic as a representation of the materials used that were influenced by modern technology...with black accents on a marvelous clean white ground...if you are a Floridian or a vintage Floridian at heart...or a tropical modernist...or somewhere in between...then I highly recommend this grand spectacle...

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