Textile, printed

Museum Object Number 1959.0081.001

Object Name

Textile, printed

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Talwin and Foster (Fabric manufacturer)

Bromley Hall Print Works

Date of Birth

17631712

Date of Death

1823

Place of Origin

London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1765-1775

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Plate printed, Mordant style, Woven (plain)

Dimensions (inches)

75 (L) , 27 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

190.5 (L) , 68.58 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 60. Vertical design repeat: 37.5 inches Selvedge width: 27.25 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 237, fig. 224; p. 219, pl. XV
[Article] Morris, Barbara J. 06//1957 English Printed Textiles: Copperplate Bird Designs. Antiques. 71: 556-559.
• Similar textile published: fig. 2, p. 556
[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
• See p. 23, entry #94
[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