Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

1911 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed dress or furnishing cotton fabric. Alternate wide stripes of black and mushroom edged in purple and gold over which is printed a design of mushroom coloured butterflies inverted in alternate rows, the whole overlaid with a stylised outlined design of flowers and leaves in purple and gold, grey or mushroom. Two selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, printed cotton dress fabric, by Beith, Stevenson & Co, Manchester, 1911
Physical description
Printed dress or furnishing cotton fabric. Alternate wide stripes of black and mushroom edged in purple and gold over which is printed a design of mushroom coloured butterflies inverted in alternate rows, the whole overlaid with a stylised outlined design of flowers and leaves in purple and gold, grey or mushroom. Two selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Length: 66cm
  • Width: 77cm
Marks and inscriptions
30839 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 22nd March 1911
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.192-2004

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Record createdMarch 4, 2005
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