Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

1914 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed cotton, of curtain or dress weight with a cream ground patterned with a series of stripes formed of, or holding floral of elements:
a) a grey ‘ribbon’ holding small and large bunches of flower heads connected by thin blue-mauve floral meanders
b) a thin intertwined meander with small bunch of two floral heads at each connection point, the inner spaces being filled with small purple dots. A series of broken purple criss-cross lined join a) and b)
c) a scalloped edge emphasized with purple dots framing a narrow grey stripe with a central line in purple of very small floral elements.
Repeat then of c), b) and a)
Predominant colours of purple and two mauves, two greens, light blue and pale grey with white highlights. Two selvedges.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed cotton
Brief description
Textile sample, printed cotton with pattern of ribbons and flowers, by Turnbull & Stockdale, Britain 1914.
Physical description
Printed cotton, of curtain or dress weight with a cream ground patterned with a series of stripes formed of, or holding floral of elements:
a) a grey ‘ribbon’ holding small and large bunches of flower heads connected by thin blue-mauve floral meanders
b) a thin intertwined meander with small bunch of two floral heads at each connection point, the inner spaces being filled with small purple dots. A series of broken purple criss-cross lined join a) and b)
c) a scalloped edge emphasized with purple dots framing a narrow grey stripe with a central line in purple of very small floral elements.
Repeat then of c), b) and a)
Predominant colours of purple and two mauves, two greens, light blue and pale grey with white highlights. Two selvedges.
Dimensions
  • Maximum length: 43cm
  • Width: 77.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
110964 (Patent Office Registration Number)
Production
Patent Office registration date: 20th July 1914
Collection
Accession number
T.242-2004

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Record createdMarch 14, 2005
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