Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Unlined bed cover made of two full widths of printed fabric with fringe on four sides. Pattern composed of two stripes: the wider has a parrot holding a nut perched on a curved flowering branch on a blue background 18.5 cm wide and the other, 11 cm wide, a bird with outspread wings perched on a branch of red berries alternating with a ribbon bow. Two groups of stripes are half dropped with one extra narrow stripe plus an additional section of each stripe on left and right to fill full width of fabric.
Date
1850–1900
Accession Number
1974-57-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Textile
Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; woven cotton tape with cotton weft-loop fringe (2 cm sections of red wool at 6 cm intervals); attached to 4 sides; note crossed and re-crossed warps
Dimensions
H x W (including fringe): 201 x 154 cm (6 ft. 7 1/8 in. x 60 5/8 in.)
Repeat H x W: 37.5 x 29.5 cm (14 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
possibly made in
Portugal
England
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1974-57-2