Furnishing fabric

Museum Object Number 1977.0506

Object Name

Furnishing fabric

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This reproduction fabric, titled "Oriole" is a licensed Winterthur fabric made by Brunschwig and Fils.

Date

1977-1977

Subjects

Birds

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Printed, Glazed

Dimensions (inches)

502 (H) , 50 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1275.08 (H) , 127 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Similar pattern, p. 330, fig. 380
[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
[Thesis] Sykas, Philip Anthony. 10//2000 Material Evidence: Nineteenth Century Calico Printers' Pattern Books. 275-343 Ph.D. The Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Textiles/Fashion
• Information on roller and cylinder printing, pp. 276-312