Hand block-printed linen, button-through, long-sleeved, calf-length coat-dress in Lobster Supper design. Wooden buttons, natural linen belt with wooden buckle, notched lapels. A major hand re-make of both sleeves introduced chevrons and texture. Lobster Supper design on natural ground, red and blue motifs. Made by Cryséde Ltd, St Ives.
Length 1170mm, width 510mm.
Lobster Supper was designed around 1928 after Alec Walker returned from a Paris business trip. His wife, Kay, had prepared a lobster dinner for him and friends. When he saw the table laid out, he got paper and crayons and drew the design.
Materials
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Linen, Wooden fastenings.
Manufactured by Cryséde Ltd. Lobster Supper design was illustrated in Frank Rutter’s 1928 article for Studio Magazine.