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On Display: House - Shipley Room
Window hanging (Side curtain)
Winterthur, Bromley Hall Print Works
1962-1968
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Winterthur (Maker)
Place of Origin
Winterthur; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1968.0770.002 B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1968.0770.002 B
Object Name
Window hanging (Side curtain)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator (Role)
Winterthur (Maker); Bromley Hall Print Works (Fabric manufacturer)
Place of Origin
Winterthur; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This is part of a set of window hangings made at Winterthur.
Secondary Place of Origin
Bromley Hall; Middlesex; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This textile was printed at Bromley Hall, in Middlesex, England.
Date
1962-1968
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: lower right corner
Inscription: "68.770.2b SHIPLEY RM APR-SEPT" (in graphite)
Type: Label
Location: lower right inner edge
Inscription: "SHIPLEY ROOM Southwest Window Right curtain" (typed in black ink)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Techniques
- Plate printed
- Woven (plain)
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
23 (W) x 69.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
58.42 (W) x 176.53 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2011)
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch: 40
Vertical design repeat: 36 5/8 inches (RGW, 05/03/2013)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Floud, Peter. 05//1957 Printed Textiles: Copperplate Floral Desings. Antiques.
• Related print: Fig. 6 p. 461Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 242 Fig. 233Catalogue: 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
• Detailed description: no. 98Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Companion image: catalog plate 5Book: 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