Textiles
Bromley Hall Print Works (Artist)
Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1775-1785
Cotton
Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style
1958.0077.001
Object Number1958.0077.001 |
Textile, printed
Textiles
Gift of Charles F. Montgomery
Bromley Hall Print Works (Artist)
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).
Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1775-1785
Classical
Cotton
Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2011) Vertical design repeat: 21 3/8 inches Horizontal design repeat: No - scenes cut Selvedge width: 25 7/8 inches
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[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 272, fig. 286
[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 pattern, #107
[Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Textile with similar pattern, pl. 7
[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