Textile
Cooper Hewitt

Textile

ca. 1810

Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Vertical pattern of continuously curving branches supporting flowers and leaves printed on ivory ground in yellow, red, green, blue, and black on a blue background patterned with red microdots. A complex sequence of printing and dyeing techniques, including resist printing and immersion dyeing were used to create this densely patterned textile.

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