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End piece
Julius Liepmann & Co. - Enlarge image
End piece
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
1870 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Julius Liepmann & Co. (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Printed cotton, stamped
- Credit Line:
Given by Saffron Walden Museum
- Museum number:
T.17-1969
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
End piece of printed cotton. With stamps in bright blue.
From top to bottom the arrangement if as follows:
1. Border of blue dashes within blue cords.
2. a) Stamp printed sideways. b) Crested shield bearing a sprouting tree stump before which is an anchor. Sprays of oak below the shield. To either side are the words 'PRIVATE / MARK'. c) '1500' printed with bars of blue and below is 'PRIVATE STAMP'. d) as (b). e) Triangle containing the words of the maker.
3. Three large stamps consisting of a medallion containing the tree stump and anchor, and the words 'TRADE MARK', and the motto 'VIRESCO', the medallion is surrounded by a band of mock-Arabic script surrounded by a belt bearing the words 'JULIUS LIEPMANN & CO. MANCHESTER', surrounded by a wreath of oak.
4. A rectangular stamp and the length of the piece as 42 yards.
Place of Origin
England (made)
Date
1870 (made)
Artist/maker
Julius Liepmann & Co. (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Printed cotton, stamped
Marks and inscriptions
'WARNING! / THIS HEADING / IS A PRIVATE ONE / OF MESSRS / JULIUS LIEPMANN & CO / 15th JUNE 1870'
Stamp printed sideways
'PRIVATE / MARK'
On either side below the shield
'1500 [with bars of blue] / PRIVATE STAMP'
Printed
'JULIUS LIEPMANN & CO., / TRADE MARK, / REGISTERED / NUMBER / 19103'
In a triangle
'TRADE MARK' and 'VIRESCO' [inside medallions] and 'JULIUS LIEPMANN & CO. MANCHESTER' [on the belt]
Medallions on three large stamps
'WARNING! / THE ABOVE STAMPS AND THEIR / ARRANGEMENT ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY / OF MESSRS. JULIUS LIEPMANN & CO.'
On rectangular stamp
Dimensions
Width: 18 in, Length: 33 in
Descriptive line
End piece of printed cotton, made by Julius Liepmann & Co., England, 1870.
Categories
Textiles
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection