Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

1911 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric. Printed cotton of white ground with a design of diagonally placed red and white parrots perched on branches of the same colour, these motifs interspersed with red and white plums-like fruits in groups of two or three on a small twig with leaves. The remaining areas of the white ground are covered with a tiny sprigged design in pink of leaves on branches. No selvedge.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, dress fabric, printed cotton, Calico Printers' Association, British, 1911
Physical description
Dress fabric. Printed cotton of white ground with a design of diagonally placed red and white parrots perched on branches of the same colour, these motifs interspersed with red and white plums-like fruits in groups of two or three on a small twig with leaves. The remaining areas of the white ground are covered with a tiny sprigged design in pink of leaves on branches. No selvedge.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25.8cm
  • Width: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
48705 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 16th November 1911
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
T.77-2004

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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