Not on display

Sample

1909 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric, possibly for public transport seating such as a train. Woven grey cotton weft and perhaps wool warp fabric with close uncut loops - a dark green ground with design of lozenges forming a lattice outlined in emerald green connected by small stepped diamond forms. The lozenges are infilled with a flattened quatrefoil design in cream, veined in green and dark blue, forming a small stepped lozenge centre. Two selvedges.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, woven, uncut pile, moquette? H. C. McCren & Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1909
Physical description
Furnishing fabric, possibly for public transport seating such as a train. Woven grey cotton weft and perhaps wool warp fabric with close uncut loops - a dark green ground with design of lozenges forming a lattice outlined in emerald green connected by small stepped diamond forms. The lozenges are infilled with a flattened quatrefoil design in cream, veined in green and dark blue, forming a small stepped lozenge centre. Two selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
12686 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 7th September 1909
Collection
Accession number
T.159-2004

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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