Age of this car fabric?

[Joji Furukawa]

I found this car fabric at the thrift and I really love the print but I am not sure how old it is. It's a cotton fabric, lightweight and the earliest dated car is from 1931. The cars measure roughly 6 inches. The printing is not crisply done but more like watercolour. The edge is just pierced with holes. The colour is a light blue, like in the 1st photo. Any help would be great! Thanks!

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Hi Joji, the edge "pierced with holes" is the selvedge - can you please measure the distance from one selvedge to the selvedge on the other side? So the width please.

These fabrics printed with automobiles were popular in the early to mid '70s but if you can tell us the width it will help as widths vary according to the technology available. Thank you.

 

[Joji Furukawa]

Hi Nicole, the width is 35 inches. Thanks!

 

[Joji Furukawa]

Just wondering if anybody else has an opinion?

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

In the early 1960s here in the USA, antique automobile textiles were popular. I have a cotton blanket, some tea towels, with similar themed prints. The width is rather narrow for an over the counter fabric from that time period, but the screen print and design do look 1960s to me.

 

[Joji Furukawa]

Hi Barbara! Thank you for your help with dating.

 

[Linn]

I can see 1950's in the colors and the font design.

Linn