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Table cover
1850-1930
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Europe or North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1961.0134.004
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1961.0134.004
Object Name
Table cover
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Europe or North America
Origin Notes
Previously catalogued as a curtain that was made between 1820 and 1850, this table cover was probably made in Europe or North America between 1850 and 1930.
Secondary Place of Origin
Europe or North America
Secondary Origin Notes
The woven white cotton fabric used for this table cover was probably woven in Europe or North America between 1850 and 1930. The printed polychrome border used for this table cover was probably manufactured in Europe or North America between 1850 and 1930.
Date
1850-1930
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Reverse, pinned on tag
Inscription: "61.134.4" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (compound)
- Woven (plain)
- Printed
Construction Description
Hand-sewn.
Dimensions (inches)
57 (W) x 96 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
144.78 (W) x 243.84 (L)
Measurement Notes
Printed cotton border width=3.750 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Schoeser, Mary & Rufey, Ceila. 1989 English and American Textiles from 1790 to the Present. 256.
• Discussion and image of similar plaid muslin cloth, p. 17.Book: Schoeser, Mary & Dejardin, Kathleen. 1991 French Textiles from 1760 to the Present. 224.
• Similar border, p. 95.Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1984 Textiles in America, 1650-1870.
• Discussion of mull and muslin, p. 303-307.Book: le Bourhis, Katell. 1989 The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815. 270.
• Chapters on "Costume in the Age of Napoleon" and "American women and rench Fashion" include images of similar fabrics from the first quarter of the nineteenth century.Book: Crill, Rosemary. 1999 Indian Embroidery.
• Similar Indian embroidered fabrics, plates 44-45, pgs 55-563.