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Golden Pheasant

Furnishing Fabric
1902 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of block-printed cotton. Printed by hand with a design of doves and pheasants inhabiting a design of trees and interlaced with eglantine. The cock pheasant is in shades of red, blue, green, brown and fawn, and the hen and dove are in blue. The trees and eglantine are in shades of green, brown and blue, and the flowers are in red, blue and green. The ground is brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGolden Pheasant
Materials and techniques
Block-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric 'Golden Pheasant' of block-printed cotton, designed by Walter Crane for Stead McAlpin, Great Britain, 1902
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of block-printed cotton. Printed by hand with a design of doves and pheasants inhabiting a design of trees and interlaced with eglantine. The cock pheasant is in shades of red, blue, green, brown and fawn, and the hen and dove are in blue. The trees and eglantine are in shades of green, brown and blue, and the flowers are in red, blue and green. The ground is brown.
Dimensions
  • Length: 36.5in
  • Width: 53.5in
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Stead Mc Alpine and Co.
Collection
Accession number
T.39-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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