cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/6s6gs9

Textile

Research in Progress Large, exotic flowers and curving stems in reds and blues on a red speckled background.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for three reds and purple applied by brush or pen; blue applied over resist; yellow over blue to create green; mordant for background spattered through a stencil; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft (a): 38.1 x 10.8 cm (15 x 4 1/4 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 14 x 13.3 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-68-a,b
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/15940693474a1dd6ed7dac47cc81a208