Quilt fragment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a cotton quilt printed in a chintz pattern that has a curving flower arrangement in deep colors of red, blue, orange and green (achieved by printing yellow and blue). Two delicate lace-like bands with S-curves follow the line of the flowers on either side. Background is printed with fine curlicues. A wooden cylinder carved in a relief pattern was used to print the large areas of color while an engraved copper cylinder was used to apply the delicate linear elements in a double process known as mule printing.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-145-1
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Quilt fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by roller and engraved plate (mule printing) on plain weave, quilted
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 43 x 24 cm (16 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 35.6 cm (14 in.)