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Textile
English
after 1774
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Cotton block print
Dimensions
68 x 198 cm (26 3/4 x 77 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Connecticut Historical Society
Accession Number60.1186
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionNatural tabby-woven cotton ground, printed with woodblocks in two shades fo brown and neutral red. Two vignettes, arranged in alternating bands. One shows three hunters and a woman gathered round a prostrate dog; other shows two boys and girl fishing. In inter-spaces, a lozenge network of flowering branches with birds and butterflies. Both selvedges present; pale blue thread in each. Cotton stained, browned and in places rotted; many holes and frayed edges.