Bed hanging (Base valance)

  • Title:

    Ducks

  • Category:

    Textiles (Furnishing)

  • Creator (Role):

    Talwin and Foster (Fabric manufacturer)

    Bromley Hall Print Works

  • Place of Origin:

    Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1929-1955

  • Materials:

    Cotton; Linen

  • Techniques:

    Plate printed, Woven (plain), Raised style

  • Museum Object Number:

    1955.0748.004


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1955.0748.004

Object Name

Bed hanging (Base valance)

Title

Ducks

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Talwin and Foster (Fabric manufacturer)
1763
Bromley Hall Print Works: "One of the printworks on the banks of the River Lea in Middlesex, it was the first listed in the Excise books when duty was imposed in 1712. Benjamin Ollive was mentioned as a calico-printer in a document of 1720. The firm was known as Ollive & Talwin (1763-1783), Talwin & Foster (until 1790), Foster & Co. (until 1823)." (Source: Hefford, Wendy. The Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850. New York: Canopy Books, 1992).

Bromley Hall Print Works
1712-1823
"One of the printworks on the banks of the River Lea in Middlesex, it was the first listed in the Excise books when duty was imposed in 1712. Benjamin Ollive was mentioned as a calico-printer in a document of 1720. The firm was known as Ollive & Talwin (1763-1783), Talwin & Foster (until 1790), Foster & Co. (until 1823)." (Source: Hefford, Wendy. The Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850. New York: Canopy Books, 1992).

Place of Origin

Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

One of a set of bed hangings created for H.F. Du Pont in early 20th century using 18th century fabric

Secondary Place of Origin

London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The fabric was made by Talwin & Foster at Bromley Hall printworks in Middlesex, England, between 1765-1775.

Date

1929-1955

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; upper right corner; typed in black ink "2 E PORT ROYAL Right bottom bed valance"
2. Label; upper right corner; in pencil, "55.748.4 Port Royal Apr-Sept"

Subjects

Birds

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Plate printed, Woven (plain), Raised style

Dimensions (inches)

9 (H) , 68 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.86 (H) , 172.72 (W)

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. 235, fig. 220, plate XIV, p. 218, in red.
[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
See p. 23 entry 93
[Book] Hefford, Wendy. 1992 The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850.
Information on manufacturer: p. 156
[Article] Morris, Barbara J. 06//1957 English Printed Textiles: Copperplate Bird Designs. Antiques. 71: 556-559.
Similar textile published: p. 557
[Chapter] Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts [Book] Welters, Linda & OrdoƱez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
Information on "raised" style and print technology, pp. 88, 97.
[Book] Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
Plate 77. Drawn by C. Fenn and engraved by P Benazech.