Covered: The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
is an amazing collection
a writer who accomplished great things for Utopian feminism.

The cover itself is what really caught my eye,
I first saw a copy of this book at the DLI in Durham,
at the Pattern exhibition,
a collection of work relating to pattern
by various amazing artists. 

There was also a collection of reading material 

relating to pattern or the artists - or in most cases both.

The cover plays upon this piece of wallpaper in the book's namesake story, 

in which a woman is thought to need rest to 

be cured of her mental problems, this doesn't really work 

of course but she is deeply interested in the wallpaper 

on the walls of her room which she is given whilst on this 'holiday'. 

To her it is alive.

it certainly looks that way form the cover.

Print and swirls and roses

I still have one more post for the coats special,

so I'll be extending this weeks feature till Monday night.

The coat lining shown below has a use of tones and

the shiney fabric that ensurs its classic look.

Again the buttons were simple,

but the coats inside lining obviously more than

makes up for this and somtimes simple is better.

A very modern looking bit of decor on the lining,

using a combination of thin and thick lines to

create rose motifs that have a sense of movement to them.

The label above is one I have heard of but not seen much of,

so far it's in the good books.

Again photos taken at a charity shop.
The print itself also looks very swirl like,
prahaps taking influence form the use of curling and swirl motifs
used in the present as easy to grab or create motifs used on,
well just about every leaflet, menu and flyer that comes to hand.

Silhouettes and grey

And yes,
I know I can't spell,
but I got in the end...
well spell check did.

This fabric is quite thin and translucent so I doubled it,
so that one side would slightly show, very faintly like ghostly motifs

The flowers are roses (I think).

Grey, is a TONE people.
A beautiful tone though, it comes in all sorts of shades
and goes with any colour.