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Furnishing Fabric

1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of plain weave printed cotton. It has a drop repeat of two types of framed stylised honeysuckle flowers enclosed by a diamond framework of olive branches. Twelve pointed star devices mark the intersections. The ground is of bleached cotton and the design is carried out in dull sage green, bright green, red pink and maroon. The cotton is fully glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Plain weave cotton, bleached, printed and glazed
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of printed cotton, made by C. Hindley & Sons, London, 1870.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of plain weave printed cotton. It has a drop repeat of two types of framed stylised honeysuckle flowers enclosed by a diamond framework of olive branches. Twelve pointed star devices mark the intersections. The ground is of bleached cotton and the design is carried out in dull sage green, bright green, red pink and maroon. The cotton is fully glazed.
Dimensions
  • Length: 846.25in
  • Width: 25.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • '134 OXFORD ST. CHARLES HINDLEY AND SONS, LONDON' (Inscription in pink, on a scalloped ribbon band)
  • '20 / 292 71 / 1870' (Stamped on the bottom left )
Collection
Accession number
T.504-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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