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Sample

1912 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Curtain fabric. Printed cotton. Complicated pattern of essentially two designs arranged in two vertical bands:
a) a view of a room interior with tiled floor, a blue padded seat with a potted plant behind. A decorative table covered with a bowl of roses stands against a yellow wall. The whole is delineated by a heavy pink striped curtains surmounted by a wreath of blue and pink/red flowers. Half this panel is repeated at selvage sides.
b) As infill between this central panel and the 2 x ½ repeat is a dark grey ground filled with a flower garland, a pink car with headlights driving towards an ornamental spring and basin, with a house and a tree in the background. This is surmounted by 2 'Paisley' or 'butah' motifs joined at the base.
The colours are bold, almost fluorescent. Two selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, printed linen or cotton furnishing fabric, Calico Printers' Association, Lancashire, 1912
Physical description
Curtain fabric. Printed cotton. Complicated pattern of essentially two designs arranged in two vertical bands:
a) a view of a room interior with tiled floor, a blue padded seat with a potted plant behind. A decorative table covered with a bowl of roses stands against a yellow wall. The whole is delineated by a heavy pink striped curtains surmounted by a wreath of blue and pink/red flowers. Half this panel is repeated at selvage sides.
b) As infill between this central panel and the 2 x ½ repeat is a dark grey ground filled with a flower garland, a pink car with headlights driving towards an ornamental spring and basin, with a house and a tree in the background. This is surmounted by 2 'Paisley' or 'butah' motifs joined at the base.
The colours are bold, almost fluorescent. Two selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 100cm
  • Width: 81.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
71620 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 15th October 1912
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.90-2004

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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