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Sample

1910 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed cotton dress fabric. The ground is cream and has a self-coloured damask-weave pattern grid pattern woven into it with a leaf emerging diagonally from the corner of each grid square, and a woven self-coloured circular shape in the centre of each square. This is all overlaid by columns of alternately placed pink roses with green foliage which are interspersed with pale blue 'ink blots' in which can be discerned a cream floral shape. No selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, printed cotton dress fabric, for Calico Printers' Association, Manchester, 1910
Physical description
Printed cotton dress fabric. The ground is cream and has a self-coloured damask-weave pattern grid pattern woven into it with a leaf emerging diagonally from the corner of each grid square, and a woven self-coloured circular shape in the centre of each square. This is all overlaid by columns of alternately placed pink roses with green foliage which are interspersed with pale blue 'ink blots' in which can be discerned a cream floral shape. No selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 29.3cm
  • Width: 33.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
20181 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 6th August 1910
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.172-2004

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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