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Textile 1977-31,1-2
Textile, woodblock-print
Textile 1977-31,1-2

Textile, woodblock-print

Dateca. 1800
Artist/Maker Sochnee the Elder & Cie
MediumCotton
Dimensions33" x 55" Vertical repeat: 27"
Credit LineGift of F. Schumacher and Company.
Object number1977-31,1
DescriptionWoodblock-printed textile fragment printed with pattern of large, somewhat isolated flowers (asters, poppies, narcissis, iris, etc.), and pineapple in madder reds, purple, brown, black with faded blue-green foliage on natural cotton ground witha feathery sepia pattern of sprigs and ferns interspersed.
ProvenanceEx-coll. Elinor Merrell. Purchased from Elinor Merrell and presented to Colonial Williamsburg primarily for reproduction purposes.