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Bedcover
1936-1938
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1957.1322.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1322.002
Object Name
Bedcover
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was made in England, c. 1820.
Date
1936-1938
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "57.1322.2" (ink)
Type: Label
Location: Pinned on tag
Inscription: "57.1322.2 / Nemours Rm / Apri-Sept" (graphite)
Type: Label
Location: Sewn on tag
Inscription: "2 V - NEMOURS / Bedspread / July-Aug-Sept" (typed)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Roller printed
- Raised style
Dimensions (inches)
98 (W) x 83 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
248.92 (W) x 210.82 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements overall.
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 52.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: 08//1946. Antiques. 50 (2)
• Fabric design: Cover of August issue, see p. 89.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 "raised" style and print technology, pp. 88, 97.Thesis: 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
• Information on similar pattern and dating, p. 49, #297Catalogue: Victoria and Albert Museum & Floud, Peter. 1955 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste.
• Information on similar pattern in polychrome, p. 32, #146Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Room view of Nemours Room with bedcover published: p. 77, fig. 51