Description:
Coverlet made of block-printed, plain weave brown cotton produced by Bannister Hall Print Works in Preson, Lancashire, which is decorated with a pheasant-like game bird perched under a palm tree and surrounded by flowers. Designs with game birds and trees were produced at Bannister Hall as well as by other printers in many variations between 1814 and 1816, and remained popular for ten to fifteen years. Later variations of the pattern were both roller and block into the 1820s. Yards of printed cotton fabric produced by Banister Hall and others were exported in great quantities to the newly formed United States during the second decade of the 19th century. Some of these patterns may have been created exclusively for export. The bed covering is made up of five selvage widths of printed cotton, which is woven in a balanced plain weave. The printed design repeats vertically in a half-drop straight repeat, and is repeated twice across the selvage width. The design is printed in a limited color range using mordants with madder, sometimes referred to as a manganese bronze style.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton Link to share this object record:
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