Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1983.002.23.1.1
- Place of Origin:
- (Possibly) England/United States/Alsace-Lorraine, France
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Textile fragment. One of two identical fragments. Printed chintz fragments from interior of trunks or storage chests from Ffrost homestead in Durham, NH. Calendar finish surface. Roller printed pattern with a 6.50" repeat of scrolling leaves in blue and brown discharged pigments with a background on wavy lines on a tan ground (was beige but discolored from soiling) on a plain woven cotton. Complete loom width of 17.5" with two selvedges, one edge pressed over with nail holes throughout. Two unfinished edges, one pressed over with nail holes throughout. See also 1983.002.23.1.2.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-16 L-52 inches
- Provenance:
- Removed from interiors of trunks or wooden storage chests from Ffrost Homestead, Durham, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
- Subjects:
- Furnitures, Printing, Textiles, Textile roller printed, Chintz, Textile printing, Textiles plate printed, Leaves, Vines
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