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Textile, painted (Ex-curtain)
1775-1800
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
India; Asia
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3186 B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3186 B
Object Name
Textile, painted (Ex-curtain)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
India; Asia
Origin Notes
This textile was painted in India, probably in the early eighteenth century.
Date
1775-1800
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Painted
- Resist style
- Stenciled
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
21 (W) x 47.75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
53.34 (W) x 121.285 (L)
Measurement Notes
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 58.
Vertical Design Repeat: 18.5 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Victoria and Albert Museum. 1982 The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts Under Mughal Rule.
• Textile with same printed design, p. 89, cat. 226Chapter: 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, p. 88, 101-104Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, p. 11-12