Textiles
Nixon & Co. (Manufacturer)
Phippsbridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1750-1770
Cotton
Plate printed, Woven (plain), Raised style
1955.0641.002
Object Number1955.0641.002 |
Textile, printed (Ex-bed hanging)
Textiles
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Nixon & Co. (Manufacturer)
1766-1789
Francis Nixon (1705-1765) is credited with developing a thickener that made it possible to print with copper plates and dyestuffs on woven cottons in 1752. At that time Nixon was a proprietor at the Drumcondra Printworks near Dublin, Ireland, but moved to England where he went into partnership with George Amyand at a printworks at Phippsbridge, near Merton, Surrey. The business was known as "Nixon and Amyand" from about 1757 until Nixon's death in 1765. After Amyand's death the following year, the printworks continued to operate under the name of "Nixon & Co." until it was sold in 1789.
The association of some designs with specific British printworks became possible when several pattern books were discovered in the 1950's. This design, c. 1770, appears in a pattern book containing impressions from Nixon's copper-plates, and bears the inscription "75 @ 10d." (RGW, 07/13/2011)
Sources:
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850. Published: Figure 215, pp. 212-213
[Book] Hefford, Wendy. 1992. The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850. Page 158.
[Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum. 1960. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of England Chintz: English Printed Furnishing Fabrics from their Origins until the Present Day. Pages 17-19.
Phippsbridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1750-1770
1. Label; Pinned on tag; "wet cleaned / May/June / September/October / 1968" (graphite)
2. Label; Pinned on tag; "55.641.2(A) / T174 / S-3-B" (graphite)
Cotton
Plate printed, Woven (plain), Raised style
36.5 (L) , 7.5 (W)
92.71 (L) , 19.05 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 64. Vertical design repeat: 38.5 inches Selvedge width: greater than 36 inches
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[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 213, fig. 215; p. 215, pl. X; information regarding China Blue and copperplate printing, pp. 212-213
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Bed with bed hangings, p. 50, fig. 23
[Book] Hefford, Wendy. 1992 The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850.
• Biography on printing manufactory, p. 158.
[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 print design, pp. 17-19, #79.
[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 print technology, pp. 88, 97.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Image of textile with same pattern with information on manufacture: p. 106
[Other] Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Information on the size of the desin and the lateral join.
[Book] Blum, Dilys E. 1997 The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Similar design, p. 32, fig. 41