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Textile, printed (Ex-slip cover)
1825-1835
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3026.004
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3026.004
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-slip cover)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1825-1835
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Roller printed
- Mordant style
- Block printed
Dimensions (inches)
22.25 (W) x 18.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
56.515 (W) x 46.99 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch: 68
Vertical design repeat: 11.25 inches
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with similar pattern, p. 137, fig. 67Article: Floud, Peter. 10//1957 English Printed Textiles: The Pillar Print. Antiques.
• Information on the popularity and transformation of the pillar print, p. 355.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, 101-104Thesis: Sykas, Philip Anthony. 10//2000 Material Evidence: Nineteenth Century Calico Printers' Pattern Books. 275-343 Ph.D. The Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Textiles/Fashion
• Information on roller and cylinder printing, pp. 276-312Book: Adamson, Jeremy. 1997 Calico & Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith.
• Similar design, pp. 120-121, fig. 46