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Textile

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Urns of flowers with Chinese landscape scenes on the urns, in seven colors.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1830s
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on cotton plain weave; printed by a machine with 7 rollers using both relief and engraved surfaces; glazed surface.
Dimensions
Warp; 231 cm (91in. - 7 ft. 7in) by weft (selvedge to selvedge)
Pattern: Height of repeat: 13 3/4 in. Arranged as a half-drop. The rollers were wider than the fabric. 1 1/4 inches of the motif are missing from 2 full units of pattern.
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
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