This vintage clock from the 1950-1960 period might
be described as atomic in style today but sunburst is probably the period description.
Vintage barkcloth.
The idea of a center circle with radiating points
may be the classic image for mid-century modern
from jewelry
to kitchenware
to lighting
upholstery and drapery fabric.
And feedsack florals.
British designer Robert Stewart may have been the innovator
who popularized the sunburst.
You find radiating line imagery often in mid-century British design.
Here Lucienne Day called it Dandelion.
It's also a Marimekko look as in
this design by Sanna Annuko
CBS's Sunday Morning uses the sun/sunburst image
as it's signature.
Bradbury & Bradbury "Doodle" wallpaper
Reproductions don't require much to evoke the classic minimalism.
Atomic Age by Casey York
Atomic Pinwheels by Little Red Hen Patterns
This reproduction print inspired a few recent quilts.
From Michael Miller
Vintage or reproduction? It's hard to tell.
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2014/02/modern-print-monday-robert-stewart.html
And Lucienne Day here:
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2013/05/modern-print-monday-lucienne-day.html
What a coincidence! Just saw "Atomic Spring", a quilt using this sunburst, on the blog Quilt Inspiration. Now I'll be looking for this symbol everywhere. Had a clock like the one shown.
ReplyDeleteDonna in SC
Flashback! As a little girl, I remember my mother having that very same clock in our living room. Thank you for evoking warm-fuzzies.
ReplyDeleteThese are all great examples! I'm really being drawn to mid-century modern design!
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