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Textile Design

1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for machine-printed cotton repp. Signed and dated in ink 'Lewis F. Day 1898' and inscribed in ink 'Crimson Velvet No.1142'. With the stamp of the manufacturer on the back.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Brief description
Lewis Foreman Day. Design for a printed textile. British, 1898.
Physical description
Design for machine-printed cotton repp. Signed and dated in ink 'Lewis F. Day 1898' and inscribed in ink 'Crimson Velvet No.1142'. With the stamp of the manufacturer on the back.
DimensionsTaken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lewis F. Day 1898' (Signed and dated in ink)
  • 'Crimson Velvet No.1142' (Inscribed in ink)
  • (With the stamp of the manufacturer on the back)
Credit line
Given by Turnbull & Stockdale Ltd.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Accession number
E.248-1954

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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