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Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
1740-1780
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Museum Object Number
2000.0063.003
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Marilynn Johnson in memory of Florence Montgomery
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Object Number
2000.0063.003
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "00.63.3" (graphite)
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "2000.0063.003 / Drawer 1" [over] "2000.0063.003 / Drawer 1" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Techniques
- Block printed
- Resist style
- Woven (plain)
Dimensions (inches)
32.75 (W) x 85.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
83.18 (W) x 216.53 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Selvedge width: About 39 3/8
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Information on origins of printed textile, pp. 197-198Book: Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Similar print: Printed textile with same pattern, pp. 178-183, figs. 88A-D; similar border print: p. 100, fig. 47DBook: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on Resist style, p. 11Chapter: 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, 92-94Article: Eaton, Linda. 2010 How can you resist? Blue and White Resist-Printed Textiles. Antiques and Fine Art. X (5 Winter/Autumn 2010): 210-211.
• Information on paste work: pp. 210-211Other: Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Information on object.