Window hanging (Side curtain)

Museum Object Number 1977.0510 B

Object Name

Window hanging (Side curtain)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Winterthur (Maker)

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric Manufacturer)

Place of Origin

Winterthur, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This window hanging was made at Winterthur.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

This reproduction fabric, titled "Oriole" (1977.0506) is a licensed Winterthur fabric made by Brunschwig and Fils.

Date

1977-1977

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; reverse, on tag; "RED LION FACADE / LEFT CURTAIN / M77.510 a" (typed)

Subjects

Birds

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Printed, Glazed

Dimensions (inches)

51.25 (H) , 23.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

130.175 (H) , 59.06 (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