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Textile, printed
1820-1830
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3780.004.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3780.004.001
Object Name
Textile, printed
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "69.3780.4 / .001 / T63 / Dr. 13" (graphite)
Type: Label
Location: Yellow pinned on tag
Inscription: "Court - Bannister / House Entrance & / Red Lion Inn / Pieces removed / from large Curtain / #66.562 C" [over] "May 1978" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Mordant style
- Roller printed
- Block printed
Dimensions (inches)
11.5 (W) x 79.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
29.21 (W) x 201.93 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Vertical design repeat: 10.25 inches
Selvedge width: Would have been approximately 24 inches (Sides are hemmed, decreasing the actual selvedge width by about .5 inches.)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Floud, Peter. 10//1957 English Printed Textiles: The Pillar Print. Antiques.
• Similar: fig. 10, p. 355; 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 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. 276-312Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum, et al. 1960 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: English Printed Fabrics from their Origins until the Present Day; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 18th to July 17th, 1960. 75
• #310, p. 50.