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1825-1835
GUSN-26417
Block-printed cotton with Chinoiserie motif (stylized pagoda surrounded by floral and arbor arrangements). Background is a dark red, pattern is created with lighter red, green, blue, and cream colors. Fabric is backed with a plum-colored chintz, which is tacked in place with a red cotton (?) thread and bound with a woven (twill?) tape of copper, green, cream and light brown stripes (on 2 sides). A different weight thread is used for seamed areas.
textiles
fragments
cotton (textile)
chintz
block printing (relief printing process)
Chinoiserie
floral patterns
arbors
pagodas (buildings)
Cloth Fragment
Unknown
22 x 43 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Sally Hinkle
1999.86
England (United Kingdom) [country]
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