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In Shelley Klein's book, her father Bernat Klein's career as a textile design takes off.

Shelley Klein's book is about her father, the designer Bernat Klein, and the modernist home he created. Today, haute couture is in thrall to Bernat's textiles. Barbara Flynn reads.

Shelley Klein's book is about her father, the acclaimed designer Bernat Klein, and the modernist home he created for his family. Today, it's 1963 and haute couture is in thrall to Bernat's textiles. Barbara Flynn reads.

High Sunderland, in the Scottish Borders, is the modernist house commissioned by the textile designer Bernat Klein and, together with his wife Peggy, is where he raised his daughter Shelley and her brother and sister. Bernat Klein made a major contribution to 1960s and 70s style, with the major fashion houses, such as Coco Chanel and Christian Dior, using his fabrics. Over time, Shelley's father and the house he commissioned from the architect Peter Womersley became inseparable. In her book The See-Through House, Shelley Klein reflects on her return home to look after her father, who was then in his eighties, and considers the influences behind his creative output and her relationship with him.

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Shelley Klein's book is about her family home and her father, the designer Bernat Klein.

Book of the Week. Shelley Klein's book is about her family home, a modernist house commissioned by her father, the acclaimed textile designer Bernat Klein. Barbara Flynn reads.

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