Textiles (Furnishing)
Winterthur (Maker)
Bromley Hall Print Works (Fabric manufacturer)
Winterthur, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Bromley Hall, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1962-1968
Cotton; Linen
Plate printed, Woven (plain), Mordant style
1968.0770.002 A
Object Number1968.0770.002 A |
Window hanging (Side curtain)
Textiles (Furnishing)
Museum purchase
Winterthur (Maker)
Bromley Hall Print Works (Fabric manufacturer)
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).
Winterthur, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
This is part of a set of window hangings made at Winterthur.
Bromley Hall, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
This textile was printed at Bromley Hall, in Middlesex, England.
1962-1968
1. Label; lower right corner; "68.770.2a SHIPLEY RM APR-SEPT" (in graphite)
2. Label; lower right inner edge; "SHIPLEY ROOM Northwest Window Right curtain" (typed in black ink)
Cotton; Linen
Plate printed, Woven (plain), Mordant style
69.5 (L) , 22.75 (W)
176.53 (L) , 57.785 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2011) Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch: 40 Vertical design repeat: 36 5/8 inches (RGW, 05/03/2013)
Text available soon.
[Article] Floud, Peter. 05//1957 Printed Textiles: Copperplate Floral Desings. Antiques.
• Related print: Fig. 6 p. 461
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 242 Fig. 233
[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
• Detailed description: no. 98
[Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Companion image: catalog plate 5
[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