Textile, woodblock-print
Date1770-1790
MediumCotton
Dimensions24 1/2" (62.23 cm.) H x 10 3/8" W (26.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of F. Schumacher and Company.
Object number1978-197,2
DescriptionIrregularly shaped textile document of plain-woven cotton, wood-block printed in madder colors of red, pink, purple and dark brown outlines, with the addition of pencil blue. Design consists of meandering purple stems, with spiky leaves, abstracted flowers and pointed seed pods. Not a full repeat. Crudely printed; not registered accurately. Raw edges. The textile is one of two fragments with the same pattern (see 1978-197, 1). No complete pattern repeat.
1770-1790
1780-1785
ca. 1790
ca. 1775, textile; quilted later
Ca. 1780, altered ca. 1800
ca. 1800
1790-1820
1765-1775
1730-1740
1740-1800
1750-1760