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On Display: House - Hardenbergh Bedroom
Window hanging (Side curtain)
1940-1952
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Winterthur; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1952.0325.003 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0325.003 A
Object Name
Window hanging (Side curtain)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Winterthur; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
A set of bed hangings were made at Winterthur in the first half of the 20th century from fabric printed c. 1770.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This textile was probably printed in England, c. 1740-1780.
Date
1940-1952
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Reverse, lower left corner, pinned on paper tag,graphite,
Inscription: "52.325.3a / Bed / OcT - r" in graphite parts illegible, eaten by silverfish
Type: Label
Location: Reverse, lower left corner, sewn on fabric
Inscription: "HARDENBERGH BED RM. /WINDOW NEXT TO BED / LEFT CURTAIN / 52;325.3A" (typed)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Block printed
- Resist style
Construction Description
Hand-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
36 (W) x 88.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
91.44 (W) x 224.79 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on Resist style, p. 11Chapter: 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 Resist style, pp. 88, 92-94Book: Little, F. 1931 Early American Textiles.
• Published: opposite p. 204, fig. 41 cBook: Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Textile with same pattern illustrated: pl. XCI (top)Journal: Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• Pattern illustrated, May 1957, p. 440Journal: Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• Pattern illustrated, January 1928, p. 39Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Image of pattern, p.201, figs. 188a-bOther: Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Block Prints: Blue Resist: Information on dating the obverse textile and possible English origin.