Vintage home decorating fabric styles for the sixties (1965)

Vintaeg home decorating: The fresh look in fabrics for spring 1965

From American Home – March 1965

Here they are — some of the most refreshing new drapery fabrics we’ve seen in many a springtime.

The strongest influence in contemporary fabrics is turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau. Then there are the Matisse florals, smashing and rather like cut paper patterns, and the bold two-color silhouettes like our sunflower.

Much in evidence are darker grounds. In color, the trend is either to uninhibited primary combinations — clean, clear and crisp; or to the grays, ochers and browns.

Fabrics shown:

1. Gigi by Bloomcraft
2. Night garden by Everfast
3. Winter Garden by Win Anderson
4. Giuletta by Cohama
5. Wedding Dance by Kandell
6. Compton my Goldenheim
7. Warwick my Kandell
8. Sun-up by Shulman-Sunshine
9. Meissen by Waverly
10. Normandy by Cyrus Clark

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Retro sixties Celanese fabric draperies with geometric pattern (1965)

YOU’RE SOPHISTICATED. A knowledgeable traveler. Up on current events — and current decorating trends. You mix the old with the new … antique objets d’art with bold, contemporary print draperies.

You love their sumptuous look that comes from Celanese Acetate. This is the room that is you.

Spectrum’s “Craig” print on drapery fabric of rayon and Celanese Acetate. 90″ lined draperies, about $14 a pair; unlined, about $11 a pair. By tine yarn, 45″ width, about $2 a yard. At Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn & Branches; The Halle Bros. Co., Cleveland; Plantowsky’s, Galveston. Celanese contemporary fibers.

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Vintage home decorating fabric patterns from Sears (1965)

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