The Art of The Tea Towels – THE 1990s
‘An old vintage dress fabric inspired my first ironing-board cover-the idea proved so popular that many more vintage-Style items, ranging from tablecloths and seat cushions to tea towels, followed.’
‘An old vintage dress fabric inspired my first ironing-board cover-the idea proved so popular that many more vintage-Style items, ranging from tablecloths and seat cushions to tea towels, followed.’
‘The best shabby chic is not created but an expression of how you are by nature. Natural grace and style helps.’ MIN HOGG. FOUNDING EDITOR OF THE WORLD OF INTERIORS MAGAZINE, 1981 INCREASINGLY known as the ‘ designer decade’
‘There was a move towards graphic design and illustration; it was very much part of the times-everyone was designing tea towels. ’ IAN LOGAN, GRAPHIC DESIGNER SEVERAL disparate threads informed the design aesthetic of the 1970s. These shared a commonality by being rooted in the past…
‘Since teacloths are a fairly cheap and expendable product, the design of them can be experimental. When paying a small amount of money for something that is not going to have a very long life, people are prepared to take a risk and buy exciting designs.’ — PAT ALBECK, TEXTILE DESIGNER ALTHOUGH
‘It takes a woman to think up a design idea that other women have been wanting for years.’ LUCIENNE DAY. TEXTILE DESIGNER FOLLOWING the bleak austerity of World War Ⅱ, engineering brilliance and creative energy once deployed for wartime necessities became focused on domestic design…
‘The trusty tea towel is good -not the grubby rag that has been hanging on the door for a week but a crisply linen one. I love tea towels. I love having a constantly high pile of them in the cupboard and I really like them to be pressed.’ — RITA KONIG, INTERIOR DESIGNER AND JOURNALIST ANT ELEVATION
Promote your business, event, charity or organization with promotional tea towels. Promotional tea towels can be used for a huge variety of purposes including events and campaigns. They are a relatively inexpensive item and useful too, making them perfect for promotion…
Promotional Tea Towels, promote your business! Promote your business, event, charity or organization with promotional tea towels. Promotional tea towels can be used for a huge variety of purposes including events and campaigns.
Of all the trends found in the wedding industry, wedding tea towels are among the hottest ideas today. Personal, memorable, and useful, the decorative items replace standard invitations as a permanent solution to stationery needs.
BLANC Designer TeaTowel is the name behind many famous designer names but we remain completely anonymous. We print tea towels and other textile products for many well-known designers in complete confidence…