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Fragment, Textile

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1980-2008

GUSN

GUSN-323270

Description

This is a glazed overall piece with five attached colorways and one attached paper label. The whole surface is covered by pink, red and purple flowers. Two bouquets of different flowers occupy the middle of the bottom part and the middle of the upper part. Around them some stems of roses are dancing and form a lozenge shape. The rest of the surface is filled with small stems of purple flowers, on a cream background.
The colorways are Bordeaux, light yellow, blue, light pink and brown with geometric colorful flowers. They are in different materials.

Details

Descriptive Terms

textiles
samples
fragments
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
floral patterns
Sample, Material
Sample, Material

Inscription

DECORATIVE FABRICS.WALLCOVERINGS/ LEE/JOFA (Inscription printed in the label)
789030/ GRANVILLE PRINT/ WIDTH 54”/ REPEAT 29 ½”/ 100% COTTON/ GLAZED/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ MULTI ON CREAM/ LEE/JOFA (Inscription printed in the label)
Bordeaux colorway: back: LEE/JOFA/ 794534/ 51W/ TOO% COF (Inscription printed in the colorway 1)
: light yellow colorway: back: PALERMO OTTOMAN - 54”/ 805043 Maize/ 100% COTTON (Inscription printed in the colorway 2)
PALERMO COTTON SATIN - 54”/ 805006 Peacock/ 100% COTTON/ YARN DYED (Inscription printed in the colorway 3: blue colorway)
LEE JOFA/ 794715/ 51'/ SILK (Inscription printed in the colorway 4: light pink colorway)
LEE JOFA/ 795404/ 54'/ COT RYN (Inscription printed in the colorway 5: brown and flowers colorway)

Pattern

Granville

Additional Identification Number

455.1

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

27 x 56 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane C. Nylander

Accession Number

2012.126.72

Date

1980-2008 (JOFA was created in 1823 by George Johnson; in 1965 Arthur H. Lee & Sons buys JOFA. It is still in activity.)

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