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Description: | 23 wood blocks for printing chintz and calico with English designs typical of the period, by unknown maker, England, 1750-1830. Each block consists of a mahogany or oak base with a thin face of more expensive boxwood. The pattern is drawn on reverse on the boxwood and then cut. By about 1900 block printing had largely been superceded by rotary printing. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | textile printing blocks | Temporal: | 1750-1830 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Unknown maker | Identifier: | 1875-41 | Go to resource |
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