Object Number 1952.0325.004 C

Object Name

Window hanging (Valance)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This valance was made at Winterthur between 1940 and 1952.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric was probably printed in England about 1770.

Date

1940-1952

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Reverse, left, pinned on tag; "52.325.4c/HarDenBergh/Bed/OCT-APr" (graphite)
2. Label; Reverse, upper right, cloth tag; "HARDENBERGH BED ROOM/WINDOW VALANCE/NEXT TO SPATTERWARE/52.325.4c" (typed)

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Block printed, Resist style

Dimensions (inches)

11.5 (L) , 50 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.21 (L) , 127 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2010) Vertical design repeat: 26 inches, 52 inches showing all of both sections of 1/2 drop Horizontal design repeat: 1 half drop pattern, cannot determine how much is missing Selvedge width: more than 34 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Image of print pattern, p. 202, fig. 189
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern, p. 140, fig. 68
[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