Willimantic Spool Cotton
Poster
1887 (printed)
1887 (printed)
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This is an American poster advertising cotton thread. The printing process for this image was colour lithography (printing from stone) or chromolithography. In the 1880s and 1890s American chromolithographers worked in part for ever-increasing advertising, particularly for patent medicines and soap, and in part for the mass reproduction of oil paintings. In some advertisements they were able to combine the two, as shown here. In spite of advanced technical skills, however, their innately conservative approach and desire for exact reproduction meant that they resisted much of the influence of innovative European poster design.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Willimantic Spool Cotton (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Willimatic spool cotton. USA, 1887. |
| Physical description | Poster depicting a woman sledging. |
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| Credit line | Given in an exchange with the Library of Congress Poster Collection, Washington D.C. |
| Object history | This poster was given to the Museum as part of an exchange between the Library of Congress poster collection in Washington D.C. and the V&A |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This is an American poster advertising cotton thread. The printing process for this image was colour lithography (printing from stone) or chromolithography. In the 1880s and 1890s American chromolithographers worked in part for ever-increasing advertising, particularly for patent medicines and soap, and in part for the mass reproduction of oil paintings. In some advertisements they were able to combine the two, as shown here. In spite of advanced technical skills, however, their innately conservative approach and desire for exact reproduction meant that they resisted much of the influence of innovative European poster design. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2887-1980 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2003 |
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