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Textile

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Length of printed fabric with scenes of Rome contained within a complex grid based on two overlapped elongated octagons. Monochrome red on a white ground. Lengths of fabric side-by-side would continue the repeat. Printed within full width of fabric with uneven margins on left and right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1820
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Textile Department Fund
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave
Dimensions
Warp x Weft: 107 x 83 cm (42 1/8 x 32 11/16 in.)
Repeat H: 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.)
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
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