Painting Crew, 1981
A portion of our painting crew in 1981.
Graphic design by April Greiman
I designed the California Drop Cloth logo in 1978. It’s basically just my handwriting. We used it a lot and the logo became very recognizable in the 1970’s, but styles change and by the 80’s we were looking for an upgraded graphic style. Around 1982 we hired noted graphic designer April Greiman to create stationery, business…
Old Masonic Lodge at Pico and Figueroa
Masonic Temple at Pico and Figueroa in Loas Angeles
This photograph is from from 1924 but the building hadn’t changed much when California Drop Cloth took over the second floor in the Fall of 1978. …
Iris Orientale in Robin Williams’ dressing room.
Shot at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, in 1986. The sofa is upholstered with Iris Orientale by California Drop Cloth.
Leonard Pollikof – New York Times 1977
Excerpt from NY Times Home Beat, July 28 1977
PAINT YOUR CANVAS – By Joan Kron
“IF YOU’RE going to give me an expensive gift,” said Leonard Pollikof, the Los Angeles interior designer, “give, me a painting.” He prefers a Johns or a Rauschenberg. It was his interest in contemporary art that led to the creation of “Dropcloth,” his first line of handpainted fabrics. It is being sold to the trade locally through Groundworks, Pat Green’s wallpaper and fabric showroom at 231 East 58th Street.…
Design Since 1945 – California Drop Cloth
Plate 52 California Drop Cloth “Celebration” Fabric, 1979 (VII-7) Through the curious reversals of California’s informal culture, which during the 1960s and 1970s firmly established the validity of its design independence, a painter’s drop cloth is translated into a custom upholstery fabric, prized for the beauty of its color combinations. Alluding to the spontaneous gestures…
Design Since 1945 – Philadelphia Museum of Art
Design Since 1945 – Philadelphia Museum of Art Published 1983 Excerpt: Using paint pigments, not dyes, nor silkscreen or other printing techniques, but the hands of artist-craftsmen, California Drop Cloth produces a line of fabrics for upholstery and wall coverings, custom printed* in individually chosen color combinations. Among the earliest of it’s some seventy patterns,…