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Textile, printed
1785-1795
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1962.0032
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1962.0032
Object Name
Textile, printed
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1785-1795
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on red tag
Inscription: "62.32 / T2142 / dr 29 / Study" (graphite, ink)
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "62.32 / T142 / FM209 / dr 29" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Mythological
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
27 (W) x 33.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
68.58 (W) x 85.725 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Vertical design repeat: incomplete
Selvedge width: 27 inches (blue threads)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 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, 101-104Catalogue: 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
• Similar: p. 31, #155.Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 2, pp. 51, 53-54.Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 274, fig. 289; information on print, p. 272.Book: Wigston-Smith, Chloe. 2013 Women, Work, and Clothes in the Eighteenth-Century Novel.