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Textile

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Printed length with vertically intertwined bands; one with single flower heads connected by a winding stem in dark red and white; the other with blue scalloped, plume-like edges. Between the bands are isolated flower sprigs with buds in dark red and blue. Dark brown picotage fills the ground.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1770–90
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of Peter Cooper Hewitt
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 99.5 × 100.1 cm (39 3/16 × 39 7/16 in.)
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
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