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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Quilt one side of which is large piece of early 19th century relief-printed fabric with an all-over pattern of small rosette in red on a yellow background in a half-drop repeat. The opposite face is a piecing of three painted fabric fragments: 1) 18th century intaglio print in red with large scale pattern of peacocks in a tree, still life with musical instruments, a scarf in the branch of a tree; 2) 18th century intaglio print with landscape scenes including a procession; 3) 18th century relief print in red with a domestic scene of children dancing and playing instruments with adults in a garden. Pieces of yellow 2/2 twill fabric used on the piece side as part of the border.
- 18th–early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1973-25-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- printed, dyed & painted textiles
- Quilt
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; running stitches throuhg three layers
- Dimensions
- H x W: 151 x 163 cm (59 7/16 in. x 5 ft. 4 3/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1973-25-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq471f5aa3f-83a3-4817-b776-7afd799c839a
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