Quilt, Copperplate-Printed Wholecloth
Date1765-1775
Artist/Maker
Talwin & Foster, Bromley Hall Print Works
MediumTop fabric: linen warp, cotton weft; backing: linen; batting: wool; quilting thread: linen; binding: cotton; marking stitches: silk (fiber identification by microscope)
DimensionsOH 94"; OW 94"; textile selvage width about 31" (as quilted)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-3
DescriptionSquare whole-cloth quilt made of natural-color linen warp/ cotton weft textile copperplate-printed in red. The design consists of "Cockatoos," or long-tailed birds, perched on meandering boughs laden with fruit and flowers and teepee-like structures. The bed cover is quilted with running stitches to linen backing that consists of reused sheets in a design of parallel lines spaced from 1/2 to 3/4" apart, arranged in zig-zags or chevron pattern about 8 1/2" between direction changes. Wool batting. Quilt is bound with small-scale floral printed cotton.MarkingsThe lining consisting of a reused linen bed sheet is marked "HG".
ProvenancePurchased from New York dealer and probably quilted and used in America.
ca. 1775, textile; quilted later
Textile-ca. 1765
1780-1800
1790-1820
1770-1780
1780 (textile); quilted later
