Object Number 1979.0064

Object Name

Quilt (Whitework quilt)

Title

Ducks

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Talwin and Foster (Fabric manufacturer)
1763
Bromley Hall Print Works: "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).

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, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The back fabric was made by Talwin & Foster at Bromley Hall printworks in Middlesex, England, between 1765-1775.

Date

1790-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Top, within medallion; "S.F" (possibly "S . E"). (quilted)
2. Label; corner, pinned on tag; "1979.0064 / PORT ROYAL PARLOR / APR-SEPT / T83" (in graphite)

Subjects

Birds

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

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

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

96 (L) , 90.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

243.84 (L) , 230.505 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken at outside edge.

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. 235, fig. 220, plate XIV, p. 218, in red.
[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
• See p. 23 entry 93
[Book] Hefford, Wendy. 1992 The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850.
• Information on manufacturer: p. 156
[Article] Morris, Barbara J. 06//1957 English Printed Textiles: Copperplate Bird Designs. Antiques. 71: 556-559.
• Related textile published: p. 557
[Book] Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
• Information on whitework quilts: p. 194- 217.
[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.
[Book] Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
• Plate 77. Drawn by C. Fenn and engraved by P Benazech.