Chapter 13. An Arsenal of Design: Themes, Motifs, and Metaphors in Propaganda Textiles

Atkins, Jacqueline M.

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Chapter 13. An Arsenal of Design: Themes, Motifs, and Metaphors in Propaganda Textiles

Jacqueline M. Atkins

Description: Wearing Propaganda: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United...

Wearing Propaganda: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931–1945

Printed textiles experienced a major transformation during the twentieth century, as an increasing number of designs worldwide reflected what was happening in the nations that produced them...

Author

Jacqueline M. Atkins

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.259-363

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00331.15

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23118

Chapter subject tags:Textile design as propagandaWorld War, 1939-1945--PropagandaImperialismPatriotism

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List of illustrations

Nagajuban, Graf Zeppelin, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1929
Man's Dreaming of Empire haori with haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Chanchanko (child's vest), Child Soldier
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Man's haori with haura showing planes over map of China
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Dress fabric (sample swatch), 66 Coupons by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1941
Scarf, London Can Take It by Gray, Nicol V.
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1942
Scarf, Star-Spangled Banner
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Scarf, Fighting Words
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Sample dress textile, Victory
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1942
Textile Color Association, Inc., woolen color card for the 1942 fall season
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1942
Woman's kimono and obi, Aeroplane and Propeller
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1925–1935; c. 1930
Woman's summer kimono and obi, Airplanes and Parachute
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940; 1920–1930
Man's haori with Kamikaze haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1937
Omiyamairi, Modern Military
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Child's chanchanko, Movies
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Boy's kimono, Projector, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Scarf, Playbills and Film
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1939
Kimono fabric, Momotarō and Kintarō
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1936
Woman's nagajuban, Koi and Soldier Ningyō
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Woman's scarf, Senior Service by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Woman's scarf, England expects every man to do his duty, detail by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Declaration of Independence
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Woman's scarf, Constitution
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Woman's scarf, Gettysburg Address
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1941
Man's haori, with Soldiers in Taiwan haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1930
Nagajuban, Maps and Music, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Man's nagajuban, Manchuria
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1937
Woman's chrysanthemum haori with haura showing Japanese and Manchukuo flags
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Kimono textile, showing Japanese and Manchurian children at play, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Juban skirt
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Adult nagajuban, Great Wall and Airplanes
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1941
Original cartoon used for kimono design
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Boy's haregi kimono, Railroad and Empire
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1938–1940
Child's kimono, Children on an Ox Wheel
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1942
Baby's kimono and vest, South Seas
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1942
Woman's blouse with RAAF and British Commonwealth Forces motifs
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Basuto blanket, Airplane Propellers
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Omiyamairi, Tank and Soldiers
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Child's kimono, Searchlight
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Child's padded kimono, Army Toys
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1935
Child's kimono, possibly haregi, Airplane Detectors
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Omiyamairi, Ningyō military men
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Baby's haori, Fighting Machines
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Obi, Warplanes in Action
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Obi, Warplanes in Action
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Obi, Marching Soldiers
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Woman's nagajuban, Mementos of War
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Woman's nagajuban, Children Playing at War
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1935
Man's nagajuban, Banzai Soldiers
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Man's/boy's brown haori with lining of tanks, guns, etc
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Kimono fabric, Battlefields
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Remnant of haori lining fabric
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1935
Child's handkerchief, Playing at War
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Child's handkerchief, Playing at War
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Woman's scarf, Army Air Corps
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Woman's scarf, Military Insignia
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Woman's scarf, Salute to Armed Forces
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1941
Woman's scarf, Twelfth Air Force
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1942
Boy's kimono, Bugler
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Furoshiki (wrapping cloth), Banzai!
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1938
Child's wataire kimono, 2,600 Years, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940
Man's handkerchief, Union Jack
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Women's dress, Dig for Victory
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Man's tie, There'll Always Be an England
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940–1941
Woman's scarf, Pledge of Allegiance
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Upholstery yardage sample, Pearl Harbor by Butler, Ollie Scott
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1941
Man's haori with haura showing curve of globe and newspaper images of Churchill and Roosevelt
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Run Adolf Run
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Feed-sack fabric, Kent's Cloth of the United Nations, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1944
Tablecloth for card table, Score Card
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Boy's kimono with marching children and Nijū Bridge
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Kimono fabric, Admiral Tōgō Memorial
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1934
Man's haori with Bakudan Sanyūshi haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Man's haori with Bakudan Sanyūshi haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Nagajuban, Bakudan Sanyūshi
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Original cartoon used for Bakudan Sanyūshi design
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Woman's scarf with Churchill images and quotes
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Woman's scarf, Churchill
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Feed-sack fabric, Kent's Cloth of the United Nations, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1944
Man's nagajuban, Fortunes of War
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Man's haori with Bakudan Sanyūshi haura
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1932
Boy's kimono showing pilots and parachutes
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Evening blouse, belt, and handbag by Schiaparelli, Elsa
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Jaqmar advertisement from a Capetown newspaper
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1942
Woman's scarf, Salvage Your Rubber by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Save and Salvage for Victory by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Ration Books
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Girl's haregi, Tripartite
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Baby's kimono, Ningyō with Axis Flags
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Boy's haori with lining showing Tripartite flags and Mount Fuji
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Boy's kasuri kimono with lining showing Axis flags and navy images
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1941
Women's summer kimono, Nazi and Japanese Flags
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Kimono fabric, Italy and Ethiopia, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Adult nagajuban, Italy in Ethiopia
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Women's dress fabric, Division Hats, in two colors
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1941
Dress fabric
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
China Relief Fund Dress Fabric
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Feed-sack cloth, Kent's Cloth of the United Nations
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1944
Short jacket with Hijōji Nihon (Emergency Japan) lining
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Child's wataire kimono, Hakkō Ichiu
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Boy's kimono, Heitai, Arigatō
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Nagajuban, Maps and Music
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Women's dress fabric, London Wall, detail by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Woman's scarf, London Wall by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Woman's dress with belt, Air Raid Warning fabric by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1944
Woman's scarf, Churchill 1940
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Jacket and blouse, You Never Know Who's Listening by Bird, Cyril Kenneth
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1940
Woman's scarf, Keep it Under Your Hat by Lever, Arnold
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Air Raid Warning
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Woman's scarf, Remember Pearl Harbor
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1945
Child's kimono with dogs and military images
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Nagajuban, Gunken, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Young boy's haregi, Gunken and Battleships
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Kimono, Norakuro
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Kimono fabric, Norakuro
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Baby's kimono with dogs, soldiers, and horses
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1935–1940
Kimono textile, Military Animals, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Kimono/nagajuban fabric, Cheering Children, detail
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Child's kimono, Victory Forever
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1940
Man's haori with haura showing banzai and battle
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1930–1935
Dress fabric, V for Victory
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Dress fabric, V for Victory
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Yardage, V for Victory
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950
Woman's dress fabric, Flags of the Allies
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
c. 1945
Woman's scarf, Lauriers de la Victoire
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1945
Handkerchief, V with Morse Code
By John Carlson
on Oct 26
1940–1950