Sample
1913 (manufactured)
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This skirt or dress fabric is white cotton with a "Batik" design in dark blue. There is an overall background of continual small lozenges infilled with small circles surmounted by 3 spikes. Over this are randomly spaced geometric motifs of triangles with a handle, circles, rectangles, curved horns and "drums", all infilled with smaller patterns. Two selvedges.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Textile sample, printed cotton dress fabric, for Walter Clark & Son, Manchester, 1913 |
| Physical description | This skirt or dress fabric is white cotton with a "Batik" design in dark blue. There is an overall background of continual small lozenges infilled with small circles surmounted by 3 spikes. Over this are randomly spaced geometric motifs of triangles with a handle, circles, rectangles, curved horns and "drums", all infilled with smaller patterns. Two selvedges. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 82660 (Patent Office Registration Number) |
| Production | Patent Office registration date: 11th April 1913 Attribution note: Possibly made for the African market. |
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| Accession number | T.110-2004 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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