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Sample

1913 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric, printed cotton with an African/batik design. The ground is deep blue and the design is blue, yellow and white. Down one selvedge runs a wide (21 cm.) border consisting of squares on point, each edged with a leaf and chain design. Down the other selvedge, a border of similar width, consisting of rectangles of 2-sided part triangles,6 pointed stars and tiny hexagons with, at intervals a square consisting of 2 stylised animals in a roofed structure. In the central panel is a pattern of classical columns, hands, birds, hand-cuffed hearts, eyes and pseudo-Arabic script. Two selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, printed cotton dress fabric, Brown Fleming Ltd, probably Glasgow, 1913
Physical description
Dress fabric, printed cotton with an African/batik design. The ground is deep blue and the design is blue, yellow and white. Down one selvedge runs a wide (21 cm.) border consisting of squares on point, each edged with a leaf and chain design. Down the other selvedge, a border of similar width, consisting of rectangles of 2-sided part triangles,6 pointed stars and tiny hexagons with, at intervals a square consisting of 2 stylised animals in a roofed structure. In the central panel is a pattern of classical columns, hands, birds, hand-cuffed hearts, eyes and pseudo-Arabic script. Two selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 135cm (Maximum)
  • Selvedge to selvedge width: 90.5cm (Maximum)
Measured by conservation
Marks and inscriptions
90669 Pseudo-Arabic script (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 9th August 1913
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.129-2004

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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