Object Number 1968.0237

Object Name

Textile, printed

Title

"Melide, ou le premier navigateur"

Category

Textiles

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles van Ravenswaay

Place of Origin

Nantes, France, Europe

Origin Notes

This textile was printed in France, probably in Nantes, in the early nineteenth century.

Date

1810-1830

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Roller printed, Cylinder printed, Mordant style

Dimensions (inches)

65.5 (L) , 51.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

166.37 (L) , 130.81 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2009). Vertical Design Repeat: 18.75 inches.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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 and copper plate printing, p. 11-12, 61-67
[Thesis] Sykas, Philip Anthony. 10//2000 Material Evidence: Nineteenth Century Calico Printers' Pattern Books. 275-343 Ph.D. The Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Textiles/Fashion
• Information on roller and cylinder printing, p. 276-312