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Textile, printed
The Fortune Teller
John Collins
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Collins (Artist)
Place of Origin
Hertfordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Museum Object Number
1969.3879
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3879
Object Name
Textile, printed
Title
The Fortune Teller
Category
Textiles
Creator (Role)
John Collins (Artist)
Place of Origin
Hertfordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
This pattern was designed by John Collins, and printed at Woolmers, Hertfordshire, England, c. 1765.
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 254, fig. 254Book: Hunton, W. Gordon. 1930 English Decorative Textiles.
• Full width of plate shown, pl. 80Catalogue: 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
• Information on pattern, p. 20, #82Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Information on pattern, p. 9, #5, pl. 3Book: Lewis, Frank. 1935 English Chintz: From Earliest Times until the Present Day.
• Textile with same pattern, pl. 18Journal: Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• Information on bed hangings with same pattern, printed in blue, March 1934, pp. 87-88Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12Chapter: 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