Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1805 (made)
ca. 1805 (made)
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Furnishing fabric of block-printed cotton 'demy' chintz in drab colours. The pattern includes ferns and thin pillars on a lattice ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Block printed cotton chintz |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of block-printed cotton chintz, England, ca. 1805 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of block-printed cotton 'demy' chintz in drab colours. The pattern includes ferns and thin pillars on a lattice ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Calico Printers' Association |
| Object history | Attribution note: In the mid-eighteenth century the 'half chintz' was composed of red, blue and yellow, which could be overprinted to produce other colours, but lacked the extra reds and purples of the 'whole chintz'. By the early nineteenth century the term 'demy' or 'demi-chintz' had a more restricted range, fewer than five colours, and was often used to denote the 'drab' style, with no reds. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hefford, Wendy. 'The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textiles Collection : Design for Printed Textiles in England from 1750 to 1850', London : The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992, p.26, pl.128 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.224-1956 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2000 |
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