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Apple

Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of bleached and block-printed linen. Printed with a pale to mid-blue ground. The design shows narrow vertical stems bearing and crossed by large single apples. Each apple has a leafy spray, curved alternately to the right then to the left of the stems. The stems, foliate and apple details are in dark blue, the apple infills are in pale blue and the white bleached linen ground froms a narrow outline to the repeats.

The top and bottom have narrow machined hems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleApple
Materials and techniques
Bleached and block-printed linen, machine hemmed
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Apple' of bleached and block-printed linen, designed by Lindsay P. Butterfield for G. P. & J. Baker, Great Britain, ca. 1898.
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of bleached and block-printed linen. Printed with a pale to mid-blue ground. The design shows narrow vertical stems bearing and crossed by large single apples. Each apple has a leafy spray, curved alternately to the right then to the left of the stems. The stems, foliate and apple details are in dark blue, the apple infills are in pale blue and the white bleached linen ground froms a narrow outline to the repeats.

The top and bottom have narrow machined hems.
Dimensions
  • Length: 86.5in
  • Width: 31in
  • Length: 2.184m
  • Width: 78.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Mrs Mary Harrison
Collection
Accession number
T.91-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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