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Does anyone know the specific name for this type of Hawaiian material?

Asked by Kardamom (33292points) May 8th, 2015

In addition to other things that I don’t need, I have a collection of vintage fabric, mostly from the 1960’s. One of my favorite types of material is This Hawaiian Fabric that appears to have gold leaf paint applied as highlights.

This kind of fabric was very popular when I was a kid and my dad had some shirts and my mom had some dresses made out of it. The designs were different than the shirt in the picture, but most of this type of fabric, which is made of cotton, has some type of hula dancers, pineapples, hibiscus flowers, surfers, drums, or tikis on them and the highlights are painted gold.

I have garments and fabric like this in red, blue, Green, orange, fuschia, and yellow. Does anyone know if this type of fabric has a specific name? I’ve tried doing Google searches for gold leaf Hawaiian fabric and similar terms, but I haven’t had any luck.

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