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Slip seat
Hartmann et Fils
1775-1790
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Hartmann et Fils (Fabric manufacturer)
Place of Origin
East Windsor or Hartford; Connecticut; Hartford; Connecticut River Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
- Maple
Museum Object Number
1969.4609
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4609
Object Name
Slip seat
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator (Role)
Hartmann et Fils (Fabric manufacturer)
Place of Origin
East Windsor or Hartford; Connecticut; Hartford; Connecticut River Valley; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This slip seat may have been made in Connecticut between 1775 and 1790.
Secondary Place of Origin
Munster; Alsace; France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The fabric was printed in France between 1780-1800.
Date
1775-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside, on webbing
Inscription: "ESSEX ROOM/No 4" (black marker)
Type: Label
Location: Underside, twill tape on frame
Inscription: "SEASON 1 2" (stamped in red)
Type: Label
Location: Underside, pinned on tag
Inscription: "54.534 chair/(T294)/ESSEX Bed/ fabric #69.3083.3/ JaN-JUNe [over] "#2/ Slip seat/ 69.4609" (pencil)
Type: Label
Location: Underside, on frame
Inscription: "3H2/ ESSEX ROOM/ Jan-Feb-March" (typed)
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Indienne
Materials
- Cotton
- Linen
- Maple
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Block printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
21.25 (W) x 16.25 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
53.975 (W) x 41.275 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements overall.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 52.
Vertical design repeat: 35 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Grant, Sarah. 2010 Toiles de Jouy, French Printed Cottons 1760-1830.
• Textile with same print, p. 31, fig. 2Book: D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Textile with same print, pl. 4Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.Chapter: 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 and penciled blue, p. 88; 94-96; 101-104Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, p. 11-12