Not on display

Furnishing Fabric

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. Printed in blue with a chinoiserie pillar print. The design is printed from a coarse stipple-engraved roller only about 12 inches wide and 12 inches in circumference. The design is repeated twice in the width of the material, with a half drop repeat, and a little being lost over each side selvedge.

The design is of a fluted column wreathed with flowers above an improbable capital with drawn volutes above a double row of stiff leaf shapes. To either side of the column are small chinoiserie vignettes. To the left is a man smoking a pipe, a boy is by a fence with a fan, and a domed pavilion in which sits a man with a musical instrument and a boy with a parasol over a smaller pavilion. To the right is a man with a stick and a boy with a parasol, and two boys and a woman holding a parasol over a seated stag. Small pavilions separated the scenes, and the whole is given unity by the sprays of flowers which spring from the small 'islands' and from behind the column.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Roller-printed cotton
Brief description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton, England, ca. 1820
Physical description
Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton. Printed in blue with a chinoiserie pillar print. The design is printed from a coarse stipple-engraved roller only about 12 inches wide and 12 inches in circumference. The design is repeated twice in the width of the material, with a half drop repeat, and a little being lost over each side selvedge.

The design is of a fluted column wreathed with flowers above an improbable capital with drawn volutes above a double row of stiff leaf shapes. To either side of the column are small chinoiserie vignettes. To the left is a man smoking a pipe, a boy is by a fence with a fan, and a domed pavilion in which sits a man with a musical instrument and a boy with a parasol over a smaller pavilion. To the right is a man with a stick and a boy with a parasol, and two boys and a woman holding a parasol over a seated stag. Small pavilions separated the scenes, and the whole is given unity by the sprays of flowers which spring from the small 'islands' and from behind the column.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.5in
  • Width: 23.25in
Collection
Accession number
T.44-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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