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Printed Linen

ca. 1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Block-printed linen fragment, printed with silver rondels, rampant goats and fantastical beasts, rosettes. Mounted on a watercolour completion of the design by Rose Wallis. German fake of a 1200s-1300s Saracenic textile


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
block-printed linen
Brief description
block, 1800s, German; Paired animals in circles, silver, Rhenish fake
Physical description
Block-printed linen fragment, printed with silver rondels, rampant goats and fantastical beasts, rosettes. Mounted on a watercolour completion of the design by Rose Wallis. German fake of a 1200s-1300s Saracenic textile
Dimensions
  • Width: 43cm
  • Height: 51cm
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
Accession number
596-1893

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Record createdNovember 7, 2008
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