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“…we have never looked upon ourselves as ‘dealers in textiles.’ We regard textiles simply as one means of artistic expression…” — Theodore Greeff, President, Greeff Fabrics, Inc.
This Piece: Part of Greeff’s unique “Document Hill Series II” of the 1960s, this piece, “Wildwood” 1969, # 74730 in the archive, depicts two lovely and overflowing floral arrangements and yet, while I know this series draws on historic examples, the arrangement itself feels very “early 1970s.” But perhaps it is meant to refer to the early 20th century region known as Wildwood in New Hampshire where there was once a logging village and later a camp.
Serigraph on fabric. 100% cotton, sheeting type fabric, light hand, easy drape. Would be very easy to make two large matching pillows and use some kind of plain but complementary fabric on the backs.
The tag says, ” Nostalgic elegance marks this second ‘Document Hill’ Collection. The patterns derive from outstanding source material gathered in historic New England homes and museum collections abroad. There are 15 diversified prints, all screen printed on either 36″ cotton or linen and cotton. The collection includes five outstanding new homespun patterns.”
Oversize Sample Size: 34″ wide + 1″ selvedge on each side x 47″ long and the useable central motifs are 20″ square.
COLOR: The pics make the background look like a khaki, or semi-neutral tone. In reality it is a bright lemon yellow. Other colors include more yellow in the flowers, delphinium blue, white, chartreuse, khaki, and Kelly green.
CONDITION: Excellent!
Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc was founded in the US by Theodore Greeff in 1933 to make a wide range of mostly traditional style interior fabrics and wallcoverings, grouped in collections, for high-end interior designers. Jackson’s book points to Marion Dorn, John Little, Dan Rasmassen, and Dagmar Wilson as key designers from the 1940s and after.
By 1971, Greeff’s chief designer was a female, Virginia Nepodal. Lesley Jackson writes in her book Twentieth-Century Pattern Design that, “Virginia Nepodal, an in-house designer at Cheney Brothers during the 1940s, who transferred to the newly merged Cheney, Greeff & Co. during the early 1950s, worked in an accessible modern style, creating patterns such as Mushrooms, Sanderlings, and Seeds (all 1951). Subsequently, as design director of Greeff Fabrics from 1952 to 1985, Nepodal was responsible for the stylings of both textiles and wallpaper, where she juggled the dual requirements of ‘Contemporary’ and traditional design.”
Why High-End Vintage Fabric Samples? Because the large over size sample and superior manufacturing quality make it possible to access a very high-end fabric for a smaller scale project without the high cost of these classic vintage fabrics, which often begin at over $150 a yard, if they can still be found at all. Other reasons are to access a small amount of discontinued fabric to match or to repair an existing piece in your home.
SHOP MISSION: For art and textiles I use eco-friendly resources including non-toxic materials, and upcycled textiles for sale or turned into new products. My philosophy is #buyantiquesfirst #buyvintagefirst #buyusedfirst #buyupcycledfirst and sell them as they are, or turn them into something new.
I believe it’s our duty as contemporary earth dwellers to not make new demands on the industrial economy and instead to utilize already embedded energy is the quadrillions of products already made and still usable in life today either as they are, or transformed into something fresh.
With my products, together you and I help reduce earth impacts since I source vintage items and resources either as they are, or to upcycle into new products, giving them a new life. This reduces demand on current resources, preserves history, and keeps valuable items out of the landfill, all of which asks just a little bit less out of our ever-giving Mother Earth. And since Etsy buys carbon offsets for all shipping, this approach is a win-win for the sustainability-minded shopper.
