Museum Object Number1954.0085 |
Textile, printed
Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington
Textiles
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
England, United Kingdom, Europe
1780-1790
Benjamin Franklin; George Washington; Allegory
Cotton
Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style
36 (L) , 29.5 (W)
91.44 (L) , 74.93 (W)
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[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 280, fig. 300; information on the textile design: pp. 279-282.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 6, p. 143; information on print: pp. 142-43.
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• See p. 116, pl. 21
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 114, pl. 1
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12
[Chapter] Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts [Book] Welters, Linda & Ordoñez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 88, 101-104
[Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum, et al. 1960 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: English Printed Fabrics from their Origins until the Present Day; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 18th to July 17th, 1960. 75
• Published: p. 34, #179.
[Book] Palmer, Michele. 2003 Toile, The Storied Fabrics of Europe and American.
• Similar: pp. 154-155.
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Similar: pl. 131.