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On Display: House - Albany Room
Slip cover
1929-1969
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.4646
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4646
Object Name
Slip cover
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This slip cover was probably made at Winterthur or in New York City.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was printed in England in the 1830s.
Date
1929-1969
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: reverse
Inscription: "SEASON 3" (stamped in red)
Type: Label
Location: reverse
Inscription: "3 K 18 / ALBANY ROOM / Jan - Feb -March / July - Aug - Sept / Daybed pad" (typed)
Type: Label
Location: reverse, pinned on tag
Inscription: recto: "ALBANY / RM. / RETIRED / (from 57.575) / 69.4646"; verso: "69.4646" (in graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Cylinder printed
- Roller printed
- Block printed
- Discharge style
- Quilted
Dimensions (inches)
2 (H) x 23 (W) x 23 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.08 (H) x 58.42 (W) x 58.42 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Textile with the same print, p. 182Article: Floud, Peter. 10//1957 English Printed Textiles: The Pillar Print. Antiques.
• Information on English pillar prints, textile with a similar design (on a different ground), fig. 10Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with a variant of this design: fig. 371, p. 325. Information on pillar patterns, pp. 324-325.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 discharge printing, p. 91-94Thesis: 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. 276-312Book: Musee de L'impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse. 2001 Histoire Singuliere De L'impression Textile. 168.
• Textile with same pattern, p.93