Object Number 1966.1502 B

Object Name

Window hanging (Curtain)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Winterthur (Maker)

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Per previous cataloguer and T Book Vol XI, N. 2266, this curtain was made at Winterthur in October, 1966.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This fabric was printed in England in about 1820.

Date

1966

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Reverse, lower left, pinned on tag; "1966.1502b/child's Rm./OCT-MAR" (graphite)
2. Label; Reverse, upper left, cloth tag; "child's ROOM/-curtain-/(1966)" (typed)

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

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

Dimensions (inches)

63.25 (L) , 32 (W) , 12.5 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

160.655 (L) , 81.28 (W) , 31.75 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles. Vertical design repeat: 12.375 inches. Selvedge width: 23.375 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 and indigo discharge: p. 88, 91, 101-104
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12
[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