Dress Fabric
1850-1899 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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Credit line | Given anonymously |
Object history | Registered File number 1994/1650. |
Production | When acquired, thought to be Persian, 19th century. |
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Accession number | T.694-1994 |
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Record created | May 13, 2008 |
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