Sample
1913 (manufactured)
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Dress fabric, printed cotton with an African/batik design. The ground is deep blue and the design is blue, yellow and white. Down one selvedge runs a wide (21 cm.) border consisting of squares on point, each edged with a leaf and chain design. Down the other selvedge, a border of similar width, consisting of rectangles of 2-sided part triangles,6 pointed stars and tiny hexagons with, at intervals a square consisting of 2 stylised animals in a roofed structure. In the central panel is a pattern of classical columns, hands, birds, hand-cuffed hearts, eyes and pseudo-Arabic script. Two selvedges.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton |
| Brief description | Textile sample, printed cotton dress fabric, Brown Fleming Ltd, probably Glasgow, 1913 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric, printed cotton with an African/batik design. The ground is deep blue and the design is blue, yellow and white. Down one selvedge runs a wide (21 cm.) border consisting of squares on point, each edged with a leaf and chain design. Down the other selvedge, a border of similar width, consisting of rectangles of 2-sided part triangles,6 pointed stars and tiny hexagons with, at intervals a square consisting of 2 stylised animals in a roofed structure. In the central panel is a pattern of classical columns, hands, birds, hand-cuffed hearts, eyes and pseudo-Arabic script. Two selvedges. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 90669
Pseudo-Arabic script (Patent Office Registration Number) |
| Production | Patent Office registration date: 9th August 1913 |
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| Accession number | T.129-2004 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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