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Textile, printed
1790-1800
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1957.0027.012
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1957.0027.012
Object Name
Textile, printed
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1790-1800
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Block printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
27.5 (W) x 324 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
69.85 (W) x 822.96 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2009)
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 48.
Vertical design repeat: 14 1/2 inches.
Selvedge width: 27 1/2 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Chapter: 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 and penciled blue, p. 88; 94-96; 101-104.Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, p. 11-12Book: Schoeser, Mary & Dejardin, Kathleen. 1991 French Textiles from 1760 to the Present. 224.
• Information on siamoise, patenas and indiennes ordinaires, p. 30-31.