Textiles
Bromley Hall Print Works (Probable printer)
England, United Kingdom, Europe
1775-1785
Cotton
Plate printed, Mordant style, Woven (plain)
1958.0061.003 B
Object Number1958.0061.003 B |
Textile, printed
Textiles
Museum purchase
Bromley Hall Print Works (Probable printer)
1712-1823
"One of the printworks on the banks of the River Lea in Middlesex, it was the first listed in the Excise books when duty was imposed in 1712. Benjamin Ollive was mentioned as a calico-printer in a document of 1720. The firm was known as Ollive & Talwin (1763-1783), Talwin & Foster (until 1790), Foster & Co. (until 1823)." (Source: Hefford, Wendy. The Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850. New York: Canopy Books, 1992).
England, United Kingdom, Europe
1775-1785
1. Label; Pinned on red tag; "58.61.3a / T1142 / dr. 30" [over] "T1142" (graphite, ink)
Cotton
Plate printed, Mordant style, Woven (plain)
23.5 (L) , 8.375 (W)
59.69 (L) , 21.273 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 56.
Text available soon.
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 244, fig. 236
[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 & OrdoƱez, 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
• Information on textile with same pattern, possible dating, p. 28, #126
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 184, C058