Cryséde linen jacket, 1930s

St Ives, Cornwall

Hand block-printed linen jacket in Welsh Hill Farm design. With long sleeves, collar, and button fastening (buttons now missing). Design on natural ground, cherry, yellow, brown, green and blue country motifs. Made by Cryséde Ltd, St Ives. ‘This design was among the last to be produced by Walker for Cryséde. It may have been derived from sketches made during a holiday in Wales where he met his second wife.’ c.1930

Length 540mm, width 440mm.

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Manufactured by Cryséde Ltd.