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On Display: House - Patuxent Room
Bed hanging (Tail or cascade)
1937-1957
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1957.1282.002 B.3
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1282.002 B.3
Object Name
Bed hanging (Tail or cascade)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This valance was probably made at Winterthur or in New York City.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
This textile was printed in England in about 1835.
Date
1937-1957
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: reverse, twill tape
Inscription: "2M- PATUXENT / Center front Bed Tail, top / Jan-Feb-Mar" (typed)
Type: Label
Location: reverse, pinned on tag
Inscription: "1957.1282.2b.3" (graphite)
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Cylinder printed
- Roller printed
- Block printed
- Mordant style
Dimensions (inches)
24 (H) x 17 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
60.96 (H) x 43.18 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 88.
Vertical design repeat: 13 inches.
Selvedge width: 25.125 inches.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 7, p. 181Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Room view of the Patuxent Room with bed hangings, window hangings and seat covers made of this fabric, p. 48, fig. 22Manuscript: Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.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. 276-312Chapter: 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, 101-104Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12