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Textile, printed
1840-1850
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3915.005
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3915.005
Object Name
Textile, printed
Category
Textiles
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1840-1850
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Roller printed
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined the warps per inch at 76.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 312, fig. 345; information on fancy machine grounds pp. 307-312Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant 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 mordant 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. 276-312Other: Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Roller Prints: Fancy Machine Grounds: Information on date of textile and possible revival or reproduction.Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Information on pin outlines, p. 37, #186Book: Lewis, Frank. 1935 English Chintz: From Earliest Times until the Present Day.
• Similar technique of dotting, pl. 101