Furnishing Fabric
1909 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This cotton furnishing fabric was designed by Ronald Simpson, a textile designer and woodworker from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Simpson joined the Carlisle firm of Alexander Morton & Co. in 1908, and produced many designs for their printed ranges, including this example. This fabric has been roller-printed, a method that was patented in 1783, and came to be used on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a quick patterning technique--one machine could print thousands of yards of fabric in one day.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Roller-printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton, designed by Ronald Simpson for Alexander Morton & Co., Carlisle, 1909 |
| Physical description | Furnishing fabric of roller-printed cotton with a repeating pattern of vines. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | This cotton furnishing fabric was designed by Ronald Simpson, a textile designer and woodworker from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Simpson joined the Carlisle firm of Alexander Morton & Co. in 1908, and produced many designs for their printed ranges, including this example. This fabric has been roller-printed, a method that was patented in 1783, and came to be used on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a quick patterning technique--one machine could print thousands of yards of fabric in one day. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.867-1967 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2004 |
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