Forties Fabrics Celebrate America Mark Sarro

Mark Sarro

and to share some of the artefacts they left as reminders of their convictions and reverence for the departed

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This beautifully illustrated sourcebook chronicles the history of the Newcomb Pottery at Tulane University in New Orleans

Forties Fabrics Celebrate America Mark SarroWe often think of the 1940s as a decade filled with drab tones of grey and black reflecting a period of war and post war rebuilding. To our surprise, fabrics of the decade jump off the pages of Forties Fabrics with vibrant colors in florals, stripes, checks and plaids. The early part of the decade saw a profusion of designs shown primarily in patriotic colors of red, white, and blue, many of them in patterns of stars and stripes, navy and airplane