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"The Fortune Teller", length of furnishing fabric
British
1765
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Cotton and linen copperplate-printed
Dimensions
196.5 x 92 cm (77 3/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Henry J. Bigelow
Accession Number87.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite ground with a barn-yard scene printed in blue; in one corner a windmill, below, a house, barn, hay-mow, trees, cattle, hay-makers and a gypsy. Made with a linen warp and cotton weft, and printed from an engraved copper-plate; At the time this was made, the English did not know how to make a strong enough cotton thread to be used as a warp, and had imported up to this date all their cotton cloth from India. Mate to 87.21.