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Ascher developed a range of fabrics for use at the top end of the market. He kept used samples such as this to show prospective clients his wares, and as a record of his output.\r\n\r\nThis is an example of the collaboration between textile manufacturer and fashion designer. Ascher developed a close working relationship with a number of the French and British couturiers active in the 1950s and 1960s, in particular the Spanish designer Cristobal Balenciaga who was based in Paris. The colours were among those that dominated Balenciaga's work throughout his career. The bulkiness of the textile dictated that the garment had to be simple in cut. \r\n\r\nBalenciaga's dramatic use of a different colourway of this fabric in a coat appeared on the front cover of French <i>Vogue</i> in November 1964. It was black, red and white, accessorised with a black bowler hat with a gold conch shell on the front (symbol of Saint James the Major, patron saint of Spain and of pilgrims).","physicalDescription":"Dress textile sample of chunky hand-tufted mohair in black, red and white. The base textile is an open plain weave, made up with bouclé mohair yarn (the warp in light green and the weft in fawn). The tufts are large and at first sight single colour, but they are, in fact, made up of two to three different colours of mohair yarns: the green tuft comprises and light and mid green yarns; the black tuft comprises black, deep pink and deep blue; the bright pink tuft comprises deep and mid pink; and the pale tuft comprises pale pink and white.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ascher, Zika","id":"A3635"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"mohair","id":"AAT192989"}],"techniques":[{"text":"woven","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"tufting","id":"AAT231157"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hand-tufted mohair","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"}],"styles":[{"text":"Sixties","id":"x37905"},{"text":"Pop","id":"AAT22205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AT3511"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES325642"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Dress textile sample","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1964","earliest":"1964-01-01","latest":"1964-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed and made","id":"x39722"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Zika Ascher","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"45","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"28","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"tuft, maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"tuft, maximum","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"The hairiness of the mohair makes the taking of precise dimensions virtually impossible.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Dress textile sample 'Papacha' of chunky hand-tufted mohair, made by Zika Ascher, England, 1964","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"The Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (based in Paris) worked with Zika Ascher to create this fabric.\n\nAttribution note: Ascher made textiles for the upper end of the market, so this textile was probably not widely available. 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The multi-coloured tufts, knotted by\r\nhand into the mohair ground fabric, are made up\r\nof two or three different colours of mohair yarns","date":{"text":"10/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-10","latest":"2017-05-10"}}],"partNumbers":["T.219-1988"],"accessionNumberNum":"219","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1988,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-29","recordCreationDate":"2006-08-17","availableToBook":true}}