Stripe Twill
Furnishing Fabric
1906 (made)
1906 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Furnishing fabric of printed cotton. Madder dyed and block-printed cotton in two shades of red showing a meandering floral design worked in light and dark vertical stripes. The pattern shows a stylised floral trail worked alternately in dark red on red and red on dark red, and was printed with a dark red block on a ready dyed ground. The sample shows only part of the full width although there is a wide selvedge (1.5 inch or 4 cm) down the right hand side.
The fabric is machine hemmed top and bottom and has attached to it a paper label. The pattern number is 6766.
The fabric is machine hemmed top and bottom and has attached to it a paper label. The pattern number is 6766.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Stripe Twill |
| Materials and techniques | Block-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of printed cotton 'Stripe Twill', designed by J.H. Dearle or Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co., England, 1906. |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of printed cotton. Madder dyed and block-printed cotton in two shades of red showing a meandering floral design worked in light and dark vertical stripes. The pattern shows a stylised floral trail worked alternately in dark red on red and red on dark red, and was printed with a dark red block on a ready dyed ground. The sample shows only part of the full width although there is a wide selvedge (1.5 inch or 4 cm) down the right hand side. The fabric is machine hemmed top and bottom and has attached to it a paper label. The pattern number is 6766. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MORRIS AND COMPANY, 449 OXFORD STREET' and 'Decorators Ltd' [stamped] (On paper label) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.186-1982 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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