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Textile, printed (Ex-bed hanging)
1780-1790
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Europe
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1969.3065 C
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3065 C
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-bed hanging)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Europe
Date
1780-1790
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Techniques
- Plate printed
- Woven (plain)
- Raised style
Dimensions (inches)
33 (W) x 109.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
83.82 (W) x 278.13 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles.
Vertical design repeat: 38 7/8 inches
Selvedge width: 32 5/8 inches
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.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 "raised" style and print technology, pp. 88, 97.Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 269, fig. 280; information on Chinoiseries, pp. 265-269Book: Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
• Similar: pl. 52