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Classic British textile designs for a fiver - in pictures

British textiles: V&A tea towel Fish
Based on a furnishing textile by Rhona Park, Central School of Art and Design, 1951. £5. Created exclusively for the V&A Shop. Photograph: V&A
British textiles: V&A tea towel Fishermen
Based on The Fisherman by Keith Vaughan (1912-77). Originally manufactured by Edinburgh Weavers, 1956. £5. Created exclusively for the V&A Shop. Photograph: V&A
British textiles: V&A tea towel green vases
Based on Urne by Pansa Studios. Manufactured by Sanderson Fabrics, 1955. £5. Created exclusively for the V&A Shop. Photograph: V&A
British textiles: V&A tea towel mugs
Based on Full Measure by Kenneth Rowntree (1915–97). Manufactured by Edinburgh Weavers, Britain, 1957. £5. Created exclusively for the V&A Shop. Photograph: V&A
British textiles: V&A tea towels harvest
Based on the furnishing fabric 'Harvest', designed by John Drummond under the direction of Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design, London, 1948. £5. Available from June at the V&A Shop. Photograph: V&A
British textiles: V&A tea towels houses
Based on Houses furnishing fabric designed by Joy Jarvis for Gerald Holtom Ltd, London, in 1950. £5. Available from June, from the V&A Shop Photograph: V&A
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