Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

1850-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of roller printed, plain weave cotton. Cream ground with densely packed red and purple flower heads and light blue leaves on spiralling purple stems. The stems actually form gently undulating parallel lines down the length of the fabric from which coiling stems branch.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Roller printed, plain weave cotton
Brief description
Fragment of printed cotton, probably Europe, 1850-1899.
Physical description
Fragment of roller printed, plain weave cotton. Cream ground with densely packed red and purple flower heads and light blue leaves on spiralling purple stems. The stems actually form gently undulating parallel lines down the length of the fabric from which coiling stems branch.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11cm
  • Width: 24.5cm
Credit line
Given anonymously
Object history
Registered File number 1994/1650.
Production
When acquired, thought to be Persian, 19th century.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.694-1994

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Record createdMay 13, 2008
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