Object Number 1969.5503

Object Name

Slip cover

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)

Place of Origin

Winterthur, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This slip cover was probably made at Winterthur.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This resist printed fabric was probably made in England between 1770 and 1790.

Date

1930-1969

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; reverse corner, pinned on tag; "Birds / 57.533 / Slip cover" (in graphite)
2. Label; reverse corner, pinned on tag; "1969.5503 / Slip cover / 1957.0533 / Chair" (in graphite)

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Woven (plain), Block printed, Resist style

Dimensions (inches)

36.25 (L) , 36.25 (W) , 31.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

92.1 (L) , 92.1 (W) , 79.4 (D)

Measurement Notes

Measurements overall. Length taken at back edge.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.
• Image of print pattern: p. 203, fig. 191
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Information on resist application, p. 202
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern, pp. 158-164, fig. 75, 76, 77, 79