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Textile, printed
"Traite des Negres" (The Slave Trade)
1830-1840
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
Nantes; France; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3279
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3279
Object Name
Textile, printed
Title
"Traite des Negres" (The Slave Trade)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
Nantes; France; Europe
Date
1830-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on red tag
Inscription: "69.3279 / T147 / (Study) / Dr. 31" [over] "69.3279 / T147 / Study" (graphite, ink)
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Abolition
- Abolitionist
- Anti-slavery
- Slavery
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Roller printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
32.25 (W) x 82.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
81.915 (W) x 209.55 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch: 60
Vertical design repeat: 19 inches
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. I.
• Similar: p. 113, pl. XIV.Book: D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. I.
• J.R. Smith engraving: p. 153, pl. XVI.Article: Phillips, John Goldsmith. 1932 Europen Printed Fabrics of the Nineteenth Century: A Special Exhibition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 27 (3): 4.
• Similar: p. 72.Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on print 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 print 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. 276-312Electronic: Gontar, Cybèle. 2013 A Fashion for Abolition: Frédéric Etienne Joseph Feldtrappe's Traite des Nègres. Chipstone Foundation http://www.common-place.org/vol-14/no-01/lessons/