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Textile

1816 (made)
Artist/Maker
John Lowe & Co. (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Textile of block-printed white cotton in madder colours with pencilled blue. The cotton is printed with 9.5 octagonal panels intended to be cut out and applied to patchwork quilts. Each panels contains a bunch of flowers. Around the inner border is an inscription of Princess Charlotte of Wales married to Leopold Prince of Saxe-Coburg May 2, 1816. In the borders are three Prince of Wales feathers, the Royal Arms, and a crown on each side. At the end of the textile is printed a rectangular panel containing the manufacturers name and in a corner is the name 'G. Swindels'. There is an Excise stamp with the date of 1816.


Object details

Categories
Royalty
Commemoration
Marriage
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Textile
Materials and techniques
Block-printed cotton
Brief description
Textile of block-printed cotton, made by John Lowe & Co., England, 1816
Physical description
Textile of block-printed white cotton in madder colours with pencilled blue. The cotton is printed with 9.5 octagonal panels intended to be cut out and applied to patchwork quilts. Each panels contains a bunch of flowers. Around the inner border is an inscription of Princess Charlotte of Wales married to Leopold Prince of Saxe-Coburg May 2, 1816. In the borders are three Prince of Wales feathers, the Royal Arms, and a crown on each side. At the end of the textile is printed a rectangular panel containing the manufacturers name and in a corner is the name 'G. Swindels'. There is an Excise stamp with the date of 1816.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50in
  • Width: 26.75in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G. Swindels' (Inscribed in a corner)
  • 'JOHN LOEW & CO. / Furniture Printers / SHEPLEY HALL' (Inscribed in a corner, manufacturer)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Mrs J. N. Jordan
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.355-1960

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O319353/textile-john-lowe/
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