1969.4558 Textile, printed obverse
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Textile, printed

  • Category:

    Textiles

  • Creator (Role):

    John Munns (Printer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Crayford, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1765-1775

  • Materials:

    Linen; Cotton

  • Techniques:

    Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style

  • Museum Object Number:

    1969.4558


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Object Number

1969.4558

Object Name

Textile, printed

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Munns (Printer)
John Munns, Crayford "John Munns, a calico-printer and gunpowder maker, was in partnership with Fenning and Halfhide, for some time before 1769 when the partnership was dissolved. Munns carried on the business at Crayford until his bankruptcy in July, 1784. The Mulhouse pattern-books contain 32 pictorial and floral designs from the Munns printworks and the Victoria and Albert Museum has a considerable number of Munns' design for block-printed textiles (see No. 18 inSection IA). Apart from the two designs illustrated here, a plate-printed handkerchief of a map of England, signed by John Munns, is in the possession of Mr. Jamie Campbell, London." (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, p. 25. "Munns’ calico-printing manufactory was at Crayford, a town to the south east of London. A number of textile manufacturers were established there, taking advantage of the river Cray, a tributary of the river Thames, for the abundant water their work needed. Munns was in business from the 1760s until his bankruptcy in 1781, combining the trades of calico-printing and gunpowder-making." (V&A website: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25345/watercolour-unknown/, watercolor, museum number 7275:297)

Place of Origin

Crayford, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1765-1775

Materials

Linen; Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

25 (L) , 17 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

63.5 (L) , 43.18 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2011). Vertical design repeat: 35 1/8 inches. Horizontal design repeat: No - side motifs not completed. Selvedge width: The panel has been pieced together so no full selvedge width can be measured.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
Textile with same pattern, p. 257, fig. 260
[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, p. 25, #110
[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 mordant style, p. 88, 101-104
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
Information on mordant style, p. 11-12