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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Short length of a calendered red fabric patterned with stylized acanthus scrolls in a lighter shade of red. Discharge printing process leaves a white pattern of a scrolling ribbon with leaves and flowers on the border and butah (paisley) shapes in the field.
ca. 1850
Accession Number
1976-65-4
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
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Medium
Medium: cotton Technique: discharge printed on a calendered plain weave
Dimensions
H x W: 70 × 82 cm (27 9/16 × 32 5/16 in.)
made in
Europe
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1976-65-4
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49b74a17c-60c6-4739-b204-3c439e98fdad
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