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December/January, 2003
Osnaburg the Great
Part 2: Home Beautiful with Cretonne, Chintz, Barkcloth & Crash
Cretonne
Domestic and English cretonne drapery fabric from Sears 1902 catalog. Top is a "new" oriental print in lt. blue, rose or cream grounds. Bottom is is strong twill in navy, cream, red,
green or black grounds. All guaranteed perfect for furniture covering or hangings.
An inviting cretonne print, rescued from a late 1930s slipcover.
- Courtesy Nira Leitzke
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Sears 1928 famous adjustable sunny bonnet of fancy cretonne with Japanese matting brim; no colors given.
A cretonne-covered 3-in-1 couch, red or green ground. Sears 1933 sale catalog.
Dobby or fancy weave print cretonne used for 1940s draperies.
- Courtesy Linda Learn
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Cretonne wardrobe set in rose, green, blue or orchid assorted patterns. Sears 1933 sale catalog.
Cretonne floral bordered tablecloth, late 1940s-1950s.
- Courtesy Paula Hammer
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Chintz - Glazed and Unglazed
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William Morris 1875 chintz called Marigold, a version of his Larkspur wallpaper design.
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Another Morris chintz, a brilliant motif from Evenlode, 1883.
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Sears described its quilted chintz-covered bed comforters as figured turkey red on one side, plain on other; colorfast. $1 for full size. From both 1897 and 1902 catalogs.
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Beautiful glazed vintage chintzes from mid to late 1930s.
- Courtesy Sharon Stark
Modern chintz c 1960s-70, lightly glazed on fine plain cloth. A throw-back to post-WWII casual tropical designs.
- Courtesy Nira Leitzke
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Sturdy but attractive chintz sewing machine cover in assorted colors. Glazing not specified.
- National Bellas Hess 1946-47 F/W catalog
Everglaze® chintz bed ensemble in aqua, pink, lt. blue, yellow.
- 1957 M. Ward summer catalog
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Textured Cretonnes - Barkcloth Varieties
Sears called this cretonne a decorative texture print by the name of Caribbean in its 1943 catalog.
- Courtesy Betty Wilson
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Cordra Cloth was a heavy-textured, fine-swirl cretonne exclusive to Sears in its 1949 catalog. Note tropical influence.
- Courtesy Sharon Stark
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"Bark cloth, the newest of the texture weaves.." states Montgomery Ward's 1952 catalog which featured a range of cretonne prints. Note appearance of the term and spelling of
barkcloth.
- Courtesy Thelma Bernard
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More 1950s textured cretonne barkcloth designs from [l to r ] shorty curtains, yardage and drapes. - Courtesy Betty Wilson
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Whimsey prints of circus and the wild West find their way into textured cloth. Bark cloth still two words. Wards 1955
- Courtesy Shirley McElderry
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Crash
Bleached and unbleached linen crash toweling in various grades and weights; cream and red/white checks. 6˘ to 10˘ /yd.
- Sears 1897 catalog
Crash scrap from a 1934 Sears quilt kit.
- Courtesy Joan Northen
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The latest in white fancy print crash dresses made with Linon, a rayon/cotton crash brandname.
- Sears 1928 catalog
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Boys' summer playwear "longies" in bluish grey. - Sears 1933 catalog
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"Feel the rich, sturdy, heavy quality of this Sanforized® crash" reads the attached swatch for crash upholstery fabric featured in a 1942 Spiegel catalog. Sanforized® is a trademark of Cluett Peabody & Co., developed in 1930.
- Courtesy Sharon Stark
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The soft, formal side of crash. A great selection of traditional chintz and cretonne prints.
Sears 1942 catalog.
- Courtesy Shirley McElderry
Brightly colored crash print tablecloth in red, green or blue.
- National Bellas Hess
1946-47 F/W catalog
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Shades of Humphrey Bogart, the Falcon and Alan Ladd in every 1940s B-movie mob owner's nightclub or casino office-the familiar plaid casual crash. No other color selection. Sears 1943 catalog
- Courtesy Betty Wilson
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