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Printing block

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Sixty-eight blocks used for printing the textile "Flowers after Van Huysum," designed by Harry Wearne. The textile was printed by Stead McAlpin and Company Limited, Cummersdale near Carlisle, England. Although printed in England, the design was confined to the American market and did not become available worldwide until 1949. The minimum unit of the completed pattern would have been forty-two inches high and seventeen inches wide and would repeat as a half-drop pattern.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1925
Medium
Medium: wood, copper, felt
Dimensions
H x W x D: 61 x 14 x 9 cm (24 in. x 5 1/2 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Type
appliances & tools
Printing block
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