Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1977.047.04
- Place of Origin:
- England/United States
- Date:
- 1830-1850
- Description:
- Cloth Fragment. Plain-woven cotton, roller-printed in brown, green, yellow, and red-brown in pattern of stylized vertical alternating stripes of flowering vines and rows of picotage-outlined flowers within a square; glazed surface. Three-panel construction, one 23" cut, two 26.5" complete loom widths vertically seamed selvedge to selvedge 0.25" with hand stitches. One side selvedge edge, other side and two ends raw edges, cut threads and seam markings along three of the four edges. Even grouping of previous stitch holes evenly spaced on center of each flower and at corner of printed squares suggests planned design. Piece of cotton flocking attached to hand-mended area at top. Possibly the top of a wholecloth quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-144 L-80 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by William L. Warren, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Warren, William L. (1912-1998)
- Subjects:
- Textile printing, Textiles plate printed, Chintz, Flowers, Picotage, Quilts, Bedding
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