Object Number 1959.0079.003

Object Name

Quilt (Pieced quilt)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Bromley Hall Print Works
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).

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This textile was printed by Bromley Hall, Bromley-by-Bow, London, about 1780.

Date

1880-1890

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; top center backing; "C G D"

Subjects

Flowers

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Pieced, Quilted, Woven (plain), Plate printed, Raised style

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

99 (L) , 105 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

251.46 (L) , 266.7 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2011). For backing fabric (T187): Vertical design repeat: 37.50 inches. Horizontal design repeat: No - the horizontal design repeat doesn't work on this particular piece of fabirc, but it might if the fabric were a bit bigger. Selvedge width: 27 3/8 inches (RGW, 06/03/2013).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 244, fig. 237
[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
• Textile with same pattern, #99, p. 24.
[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 "raised" style and print technology, pp. 88, 97.
[Other] Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Information on plants and paper impression.
[Book] Blum, Dilys E. 1997 The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Similar design, p. 33, fig. 43