Textiles (Furnishing)
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
Winterthur, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
England, United Kingdom, Europe
1930-1969
Cotton; Linen
Woven (plain), Block printed, Resist style, Printed
1969.5504
Object Number1969.5504 |
Slip cover
Textiles (Furnishing)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
Winterthur, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
This slip cover was probably made at Winterthur.
England, United Kingdom, Europe
This fabric was made in England, probably between 1740 and 1780.
1930-1969
1. Label; reverse corner, pinned on tag; “Ferns / 58.591 / slipcover” (in graphite)
2. Label; reverse corner, pinned on tag; "1969.5504 / Slip cover / 1958.0591 / Chair" (in graphite)
Cotton; Linen
Woven (plain), Block printed, Resist style, Printed
37.25 (L) , 35.75 (W) , 34 (D)
94.6 (L) , 90.8 (W) , 86 (D)
Measurements overall. Length taken at back edge.
Text available soon.
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on Resist style, p. 11
[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 Resist style, pp. 88, 92-94
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Information on resist application, p. 202; Image of print pattern (T17): p. 203, fig. 191
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Image of print pattern (T10): p. 208, fig. 204
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with Montgomery Design Number T17, pp. 158-164, fig. 75, 76, 77, 79
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern (T10), p. 169, fig. 82