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Bedcover

1805
Object Place: Lancashire, Bannister Hall, England

Medium/Technique Cotton; printed
Dimensions 162 x 190 cm (63 3/4 x 74 13/16 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number50.506
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionBedcover. Woodblock printed in red with black outlines and white details on a blue ground. Design of Chinese vases, books and flowers adapted by J.J. Pearman of the Bannister Hall print-works near Preston, Lancashire, from a Chinese woodblock print (33.601), possibly through the intermediary of a French woodblock print issued at Jouy around 1785. Same print as 49.325.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA