Not currently on display at the V&A

Printed Linen

ca. 1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Hunter, Blanche F. (painter)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Block-printed linen fragment, red-pink ground printed in gold with scrolls and tendrils. Mounted on a watercolour completion of the design by Blanche F. Hunter. German fake of a 1200s-1300s Saracenic textile


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Fakes & Forgeries
Object type
Printed linen
Materials and techniques
block-printed linen
Linen
Block Printing
Brief description
Printed linen, block, 1800s, German; Scrolls and tendrils, gold, Rhenish fake. Mounted on a painted completion of the pattern by Blanche F Hunter, 1893, London
Physical description
Block-printed linen fragment, red-pink ground printed in gold with scrolls and tendrils. Mounted on a watercolour completion of the design by Blanche F. Hunter. German fake of a 1200s-1300s Saracenic textile
Dimensions
  • Width: 47cm
  • Height: 29cm
Measurements taken from acquisition register, converted from inches to cm
Object history
Printed linen fragment, a Rhenish (German) imitation of a 1200s-1300s Saracenic textile
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
581-1893

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Record createdNovember 7, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171921/printed-linen-unknown/
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