Printed Linen
1880s (made)
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| Place of origin |
This piece is one of a number of textile fragments purchased by the Museum in the 1890s as rare survivals of medieval textile printing. Technical analysis by Donald King (Keeper of Textiles 1972-1980) subsequently proved them to be fakes, probably produced in Germany in the 1880s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Block printed linen |
| Brief description | Block printed linen, 1880s, German; Rhenish fake |
| Physical description | Linen block printed in black with pairs of animals in the style of the 1300s-1400s |
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| Summary | This piece is one of a number of textile fragments purchased by the Museum in the 1890s as rare survivals of medieval textile printing. Technical analysis by Donald King (Keeper of Textiles 1972-1980) subsequently proved them to be fakes, probably produced in Germany in the 1880s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 126-1897 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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