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Grit Bags

Furnishing Fabric
1971 (made)
Artist/Maker
Avondale Mills Inc. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
United States (made)

Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton calico. Printed with the packaging label for Jim Dandy's Enriched Hominy Grits, and featuring a full length portrait of a man dressed in a dandified way in a red and yellow knee-breeches suit with gloves, hat and buttonhole. He is flanked by two ears of corn.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Furnishing fabric
TitleGrit Bags (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Roller-printed cotton calico
Cotton
Roller Printing
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Grit Bags' of roller-printed cotton calico, made by Avondale Mills Inc., United States, 1971
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton calico. Printed with the packaging label for Jim Dandy's Enriched Hominy Grits, and featuring a full length portrait of a man dressed in a dandified way in a red and yellow knee-breeches suit with gloves, hat and buttonhole. He is flanked by two ears of corn.
Dimensions
  • Length: 90in
  • Diameter: 85mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • '50 Lbs. Net Weight / JIM DANDY ®' (Printed above the portrait in a repeated design)
  • 'Enriched / HOMINY GRITS / "DO NOT RINSE BEFORE COOKING" / [line] / MANUFACTURED BY / THE JIM DANDY CO. / Enriched / HOMINY GRITS / FOUR OUNCES OF ENRICHED HOMINY GRITS SUPPLY / NOT LESS THAN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS OF / THE MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENTS OF: THIA- / MINE - 50%: RIBOFLAVIN - 25% : NIACIN 40% : / AND IRON - 33%. THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN AND NIA / CIN ARE "B" VITAMINS' (Printed below the portrait in a repeated design)
Credit line
Given by Avondale Mills Inc.
Subjects depicted
Dandy
Corn-Cob
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
CIRC.20-1972

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2008
Record URL
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