$2.99 each, both just under 4 yards, both cotton. The abstract auto print is 35" wide, so probably genuinely vintage, and the tartan is 45" wide.
I tried to adjust the color so the auto print would look more accurate on my screen--it's definitely not anything that I would call "salmon." "Grapefruit" might be closer. Maybe. Or a bluntly-phrased "excessively faded red." Only not actually faded. Maybe someone out there knows a precedent for this color?
I suspect the tartan may be at least edging toward vintage, too, based on the sticker I found as I was measuring it. I know tags like that were printed in bulk and used for ages after, so it's not necessarily as old as that typography and expectation that all cloth would cost less than $1 per yard might make it seem...but...then again, it might be.
My recollection of the thought process upon seeing it: "Ooh, plaid! Hmm, but...brown. $2.99 per yard? Hmm. There's a lot of it, too--at least 3 yards. But...brown. Heh heh, just think of the wannabe Vivienne Westwood dress that could be made from so much tartan. Even with brown? Yes. Even with brown." So. Will this hypothetical dress ever be made?
Um.
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