Object Number 1966.0562 B

Object Name

Window hanging (Side curtain)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

This side curtain was made in its current configuration at Winterthur in the 20th century. It is possible that this fabric originally used as a curtain, as there are holes in parts of the set from previous construction.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This textile was printed in England c. 1825.

Date

1948-1966

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; reverse, on tag; "66.562 b/ Conn. House/ facade" (in graphite)
2. Label; reverse, on tag; "66.562 b" (in graphite)

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

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

Dimensions (inches)

63 (H) , 23 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

160.02 (H) , 58.42 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. Vertical design repeat: 10.25 inches Selvedge width: Approximately 24 inches (Sides are hemmed, decreasing the actual selvedge width by about .5 inches.) (RGW, 05/02/2012)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Floud, Peter. 10//1957 English Printed Textiles: The Pillar Print. Antiques.
• Similar: fig. 10, p. 355; Information on the popularity and transformation of the pillar print, p. 355.
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12
[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, pp. 88, 101-104
[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, pp. 276-312
[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
• #310, p. 50.