Textile, printed (Window hanging)

Museum Object Number 1952.0327 B

Object Name

Textile, printed (Window hanging)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Ernest LoNano Interiors (Artist)

Creator Notes

The interior design firm of Ernest Lo Nano manufactured many textile furnishings (curtains, upholstery, bed hangings, etc.) for Henry Francis du Pont between 1929 and 1958. Mr. du Pont mainly worked with Ernest S. Lo Nano Jr (1901 to 1958), who was proprietor of the shop from 1935-1958. Mr.du Pont was quite clear that Lo Nano did not act as the interior designer at Winterthur. Rather, Lo Nano was the curtain maker and upholsterer. Jeni Sandberg has conducted much of the primary research on Lo Nano. See the manuscripts, notes in file "Lo Nano" in textile curator's office.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

Genoa, Italy, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The fabric was printed in Genoa, Italy in the early nineteenth century.

Date

1800-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Pinned on tag; "52.327 B / HARDENBURG / PARLOR / OCT-MAR" (graphite)
2. Label; Pinned on tag; "T101" (graphite)

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Woven (plain), Block printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

81 (L) , 39.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

205.74 (L) , 100.965 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style and block printng, pp. 11-12, 27-60
[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