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Window hanging (Tieback)
1929-1969
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.5557
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.5557
Object Name
Window hanging (Tieback)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; North America
Origin Notes
This tieback was probably made at Winterthur or in New York City.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The fabric was printed in England between 1852 and 1856.
Date
1929-1969
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "1969.5557/2010IMLSFF.0016.001 [crossed out]" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Roller printed
- Woven (plain)
Dimensions (inches)
2.25 (W) x 12.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.715 (W) x 31.75 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Montgomery determined warps per inch: 76
Vertical design repeat: 18 1/4 (on other pieces)
Selvedge width: 26 1/2 inches (on other pieces) (RGW, 02/25/2014)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Gasc, Nadine. 1973 Des Dorelotiers aux Passementiers. 121.
• General information and visual resources pertaining to passementerie dating, construction, and use.Book: Boudet, Pierre & Gomond, Bernard. 1981 La passementerie. 160.
• General information and visual resources pertaining to passementerie dating, construction, and use.Article: Cornforth, John. 12/10/1970 The Art of the Trimmings Maker. 5.
• Overview of modern passementerie production.Book: Scalamandré. 1990 Scalamandré Guide to Passementerie. 21.
• Overview of passementerie use, style, and modern manufacture.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. 276-312Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 312, fig. 345; information on fancy machine grounds pp. 307-312Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Information on pin outlines, p. 37, #186Catalogue: 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
• Textile with similar pattern, #386