Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Heal's Bark Cloth Pomona - what next?

After my first phone call to the V&A  about the Heal's Pomona barkcloth fabric designed by Jyoti Bhomik, I was delighted when they phoned back.
I learned that Heals had sent their archive to the V&A and it is available for the public to view.   During the last few weeks since discovering the fabric I have also found a beautiful silk square this is from Liberty of London  I think it is quite possible that this square was purchased during the same visit in 1967.
The archive at Liberty of London is from what I can gather enormous, however, it is not all available for the public to view.
I am hoping to be able to visit London in the next month to complete my research on these two items.  This is largely for my own satisfaction, however,I am hoping to discover something really exciting about the Jyoti Bhomik design.  I am of the opinion that the Pomona barkcloth may be quite rare! I am so glad I did not decide to take the scissors to it and make it into door stops or something mundane, it deserves more than that.



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