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Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
1740-1780
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1969.3640.002
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3640.002
Object Name
Textile, printed (Ex-valance)
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "69.3640 / .2" [over] "T15" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Resist style
- Block printed
Dimensions (inches)
20 (W) x 50.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
50.8 (W) x 128.27 (L)
Measurement Notes
Mesaurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Selvedge width: No selvedge edge visible.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Little, F. 1931 Early American Textiles.
• Similar: fig. 41, opposite p. 204Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on Resist style, p. 11Chapter: 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 Resist style, pp. 88, 92-94Book: Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with similar pattern, p. 189, fig. 97Book: Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Similar: pl. XCI (top); PMA